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Going down holds for integral extensions over integrally closed domains
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice.
Let be an integral extension of domains, and assume that is integrally closed. If are prime ideals of and is a prime ideal of with , then there exists a prime ideal of such that .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: An integral extension of domains , an integrally closed base ring , primes of , and a prime of over .
In an integral extension, every element of the upper ring satisfies a monic equation over the lower ring (Integral ring maps and integral extensions).
Prime ideals of a localisation correspond exactly to primes disjoint from the denominator set (Prime ideals of a localization are exactly the primes disjoint from the denominator set).
Assuming the Axiom of Choice, an ideal disjoint from a multiplicative set lies inside a prime ideal disjoint from that set (A prime containing an ideal and avoiding a multiplicative set).
If a monic polynomial in factors in as with and integrally closed, then has coefficients in (Minimal polynomials of integral elements over an integrally closed domain have coefficients in the domain).
A subalgebra generated by finitely many integral elements is module-finite (A subalgebra generated by finitely many integral elements is module-finite).
For a square matrix over a commutative ring, (For every positive-sized square matrix over a commutative ring, ).
Proof
Let . By [L2], primes of correspond exactly to primes of contained in . It is therefore enough to find a prime ideal of whose contraction to is .
Let . Write with and . Choose a representation with and . Because the extension is integral, [L1] says that each and is integral over .
Let . By [L5], is module-finite over . Since lies in , multiplication by sends into : for , one has and each again lies in . Choose -generators of . Then there are coefficients with . Writing , the adjugate identity [L6] applied to yields a monic polynomial with every and .
Suppose . Let . Since is integral over , [L4] gives a monic minimal polynomial with coefficients in . Because and , dividing by in gives a monic polynomial with coefficients in the localisation and satisfying . Since is monic and divides every polynomial over that vanishes at , it divides in , hence also in .
Reduce that divisibility relation modulo . The image of is , so the image of is a monic divisor of in . Therefore , and every coefficient lies in .
The relation now shows that . Because is prime, this forces , contradicting the choice of . Hence . Therefore
Let . Step 6.1 identifies with a subring of ; because is a domain, its nonzero elements form a multiplicative subset . The zero ideal of is disjoint from , so [L3] gives a prime ideal of disjoint from . Its inverse image in contains , and the disjointness from says exactly that .
By [L2], the prime of is the localisation of a unique prime ideal of . Its contraction to is by step 7.1. Therefore is the required prime below .
Depends on
- Integral ring maps and integral extensions
- Prime ideals of a localization are exactly the primes disjoint from the denominator set
- A prime containing an ideal and avoiding a multiplicative set
- Minimal polynomials of integral elements over an integrally closed domain have coefficients in the domain
- A subalgebra generated by finitely many integral elements is module-finite
- For every positive-sized square matrix over a commutative ring, $A\operatorname{adj}(A)=\operatorname{adj}(A)A=\det(A)I$
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Sources
- Allen B. Altman and Steven L. Kleiman, A Term of Commutative Algebra, 13th ed., Theorem (14.9) (standard reference, not scraped)
- J. S. Milne, A Primer of Commutative Algebra, v4.03, Theorem 7.11 (standard reference, not scraped)