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A localization of a Dedekind domain is Dedekind or a field

Statement

Let R be a Dedekind domain and let SR be a multiplicative set with 0S. Then S1R is either a Dedekind domain or a field.

If a nonzero prime of R survives the localisation, then S1R is again a Dedekind domain. If no nonzero prime survives, then S1R is a field.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A Dedekind domain R and a multiplicative subset SR with 0S.

[F1]

A Dedekind domain is a Noetherian integrally closed domain of dimension 1 (Dedekind domains).

[L1]

Quotients and localisations of Noetherian rings are Noetherian (Every quotient and every localisation of a Noetherian ring is Noetherian).

[L2]

Integral closure commutes with localisation (Integrality and integral closure commute with localisation).

[L3]

Prime ideals of S1R correspond exactly to prime ideals of R disjoint from S (Prime ideals of a localization are exactly the primes disjoint from the denominator set).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

By [F1] and [L1], the localisation S1R is Noetherian. Because R is a domain and 0S, so is S1R. By [F1] and [L2], it is integrally closed.

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2.1

Suppose S1R has a nonzero prime ideal n. By [L3], it is the extension of a nonzero prime ideal pR disjoint from S. In a Dedekind domain every nonzero prime is maximal, so every nonzero prime of S1R is maximal as well by the same correspondence [L3]. Therefore S1R has dimension 1, and step 1.1 makes it a Dedekind domain.

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3.1

Suppose instead that S1R has no nonzero prime ideals. Then [L3] says that the only prime ideal of S1R is (0). In a domain, (0) is maximal exactly when the ring is a field. Hence S1R is a field.

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