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Equivalent local characterizations of Dedekind domains
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let be a Noetherian domain that is not a field. The following are equivalent:
- is a Dedekind domain.
- For every nonzero prime ideal of , the localisation is a discrete valuation ring.
- Every nonzero proper ideal of becomes principal after localising at each maximal ideal.
Under these equivalent conditions, every nonzero prime ideal of is maximal.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A Noetherian domain that is not a field.
A Dedekind domain is a Noetherian integrally closed domain of Krull dimension (Dedekind domains).
If is Dedekind, then is a DVR for every nonzero prime ideal (Localizing a Dedekind domain at a nonzero prime gives a DVR).
If each nonzero-prime localisation is a DVR, then is integrally closed (Local DVRs at the nonzero primes force global normality).
If each nonzero-prime localisation is a DVR, then every nonzero prime of is maximal and (Local DVRs at the nonzero primes force dimension one).
Every nonzero ideal of a DVR is principal (Ideals in a DVR are powers of the maximal ideal).
A nonfield domain is a DVR exactly when it is a local PID with nonzero maximal ideal (Equivalent characterizations of a DVR).
Localisations of Noetherian rings are Noetherian (Every quotient and every localisation of a Noetherian ring is Noetherian).
Localising at a prime ideal produces a local ring ( is local with unique maximal ideal ).
Proof
If is Dedekind, then [L1] gives that each localisation at a nonzero prime is a DVR. This proves .
Assume (2). Then [L2] makes integrally closed, and [L3] gives together with maximality of the nonzero primes. Because was assumed Noetherian and nonfield, [F1] now says that is Dedekind. This proves .
Still assuming (2), let be a nonzero proper ideal and let be a maximal ideal. If , then because some element of becomes a unit. If , then is nonzero and [L4] applies in the DVR from (2), so is principal. Therefore (3) holds.
Assume (3), and let be a maximal ideal. By [L6] and [L7], the ring is a Noetherian local domain. Let be a nonzero proper ideal, and let . Then , and is a nonzero proper ideal contained in . Applying (3) at the maximal ideal shows that is principal. Hence every nonzero proper ideal of the local domain is principal, and because is not a field its maximal ideal is nonzero. Therefore [L5] makes a DVR. Now let be a nonzero prime ideal and choose a maximal ideal . In the DVR , the extended ideal is a nonzero prime ideal, so it equals the maximal ideal . Contracting to gives , so every nonzero prime is maximal and therefore is a DVR by the first part applied with . This proves .
By [L3], any of the equivalent conditions forces every nonzero prime ideal of to be maximal.
Depends on
- Dedekind domains
- Localizing a Dedekind domain at a nonzero prime gives a DVR
- Local DVRs at the nonzero primes force global normality
- Local DVRs at the nonzero primes force dimension one
- Ideals in a DVR are powers of the maximal ideal
- Equivalent characterizations of a DVR
- Every quotient and every localisation of a Noetherian ring is Noetherian
- $R_{\mathfrak p}$ is local with unique maximal ideal $\mathfrak pR_{\mathfrak p}$
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Sources
- J. S. Milne, A Primer of Commutative Algebra, §20 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Mircea Mustata, Introduction to Commutative Algebra, §8.5 (standard reference, not scraped)
- J. P. May, Notes on Dedekind Rings (standard reference, not scraped)