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The ring of holomorphic germs is Noetherian

Statement

For every integer m≥1, the holomorphic germ ring Om,0 is a Noetherian commutative ring.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A fixed dimension m≥1.

[L1]

A commutative ring is Noetherian exactly when every ideal is finitely generated (Noetherian commutative rings and modules).

[L2]

A finite module over a Noetherian ring is Noetherian (Finite modules over Noetherian rings are Noetherian).

[L3]

Quotienting by a Weierstrass polynomial yields a finite module over the smaller germ ring (A quotient by a Weierstrass polynomial is a finite module over the smaller germ ring).

[L4]

A nonzero germ becomes regular after a linear coordinate change, and a regular germ admits Weierstrass preparation (After a linear coordinate change, every nonzero germ is regular in the last variable, Weierstrass preparation theorem).

[L5]

One-variable holomorphic functions factor by their zero order, and units in the germ ring are exactly the nonvanishing germs (The order of a zero is the exponent in its local holomorphic factorization, A germ is a unit exactly when its value at 0 is nonzero, so Om,0 is local).

[L6]

Weierstrass division gives a quotient and remainder modulo the prepared polynomial (Weierstrass division theorem).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1L1L5

The proof is by induction on m. For m=1, let I⊴O1,0 be a nonzero proper ideal. Choose f∈I of minimal zero order d. By [L5], f=z1du with u a unit. If g∈I, then ord⁡0(g)≥d, so again by [L5] one has g=z1dh for some holomorphic germ h. Since u is a unit, z1d=u−1f∈I, so g=hz1d∈(f). Thus every ideal is principal, hence finitely generated. The zero ideal and whole ring are generated by 0 and 1. Therefore [L1] makes O1,0 Noetherian.

2.1step 1.1L4L5

Assume m>1 and that Om−1,0 is Noetherian. Let I⊴Om,0 be a proper nonzero ideal. Choose nonzero f∈I. By [L4], after a complex-linear coordinate change we may assume that f is regular in zm; this replaces I by an isomorphic ideal under a ring automorphism, so finite generation is unaffected. By [L4] and [L5], write f=uW with u a unit and W a Weierstrass polynomial. Since I is an ideal and u−1 exists, W=u−1f also lies in I.

3.1step 2.1L2L3choose

Let π:Om,0→Om,0/(W) be the quotient map. By [L3], the quotient is a finite Om−1,0-module, so [L2] and the induction hypothesis make it a Noetherian Om−1,0-module. Hence the submodule π(I) is generated by finitely many classes π(g1),…,π(gs) with gi∈I.

4.1step 3.1L1L6algebra∎

Let g∈I. Since π(g)∈π(I), there are a1,…,as∈Om−1,0 with π(g)=a1π(g1)+⋯+asπ(gs). Thus g−(a1g1+⋯+asgs)∈ker⁡π=(W)⊆I, so g lies in the ideal generated by W,g1,…,gs. Therefore I is finitely generated. By [L1], Om,0 is Noetherian.

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