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A module-finite algebra over a Noetherian ring is a Noetherian ring, and so is every ring between the two
Statement
Let be a Noetherian commutative ring and let be a commutative -algebra that is module-finite over (Subalgebra generated by a subset, algebras of finite type, and module-finite algebras). Then:
- is a Noetherian ring;
- if in addition the -algebra structure map is the inclusion of as a subring of (Subring: a subset containing and closed under addition, additive inverses and multiplication), then every subring of with is module-finite over and is a Noetherian ring;
- every finitely generated -module is finitely generated as an -module, and hence is a Noetherian -module.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A Noetherian commutative ring , a commutative -algebra with structure map that is module-finite over , and, for the second clause, the additional hypotheses that is the inclusion of as a subring of and that is a subring of with (Subring: a subset containing and closed under addition, additive inverses and multiplication).
is module-finite over when it is finitely generated as an -module (Subalgebra generated by a subset, algebras of finite type, and module-finite algebras).
An -algebra is a unital ring with a unital ring homomorphism of central image, and the induced scalar action makes an -module (Algebras over a commutative ring, central structure maps, and algebra homomorphisms).
Every finitely generated left module over a left Noetherian ring is Noetherian (Finitely generated modules over a left Noetherian ring are Noetherian).
In a commutative ring, consists of finite sums , and (In a commutative ring, consists of finite sums , and ).
A left -module is Noetherian when every submodule of it is finitely generated (Noetherian modules: every submodule is finitely generated).
For a commutative ring, being Noetherian is equivalent to every ideal being finitely generated (A commutative ring is Noetherian exactly when every ideal is finitely generated, exactly when its ideals satisfy the ascending chain condition, and exactly when every nonempty set of ideals has a maximal member).
A subset of a left -module is a submodule when it is a subgroup of the additive group of and is closed under scalars (Submodule of a module).
If is generated as an -module by and a -module is generated as a -module by , then the products generate as an -module (Module finiteness is transitive along a tower of algebras).
Proof
Let be any commutative -algebra that is module-finite over . Then is a finitely generated module over the Noetherian ring , hence a Noetherian -module: every -submodule of is finitely generated over . This applies in particular to .
First clause. Let be an ideal of . It is an additive subgroup of closed under the -action, since for , so it is an -submodule and therefore generated over by finitely many . Every element of is then , which lies in the ideal of ; and that ideal is contained in because each lies in . So is finitely generated as an ideal, and is a Noetherian ring. Taking gives the first clause.
Second clause, first half. Suppose the -algebra structure map is the inclusion and is a subring of with . Then is an additive subgroup of closed under the -action, because is a product of two elements of ; so is an -submodule of the Noetherian -module and is therefore finitely generated as an -module, that is, module-finite over .
Third clause. Let be a finitely generated -module, say generated over by , and let generate over . The products generate as an -module, so is a finitely generated -module and hence a Noetherian -module.
Step 2.2 makes a commutative -algebra, through the inclusion , that is module-finite over ; steps 1.1 and 2.1 were proved for an arbitrary such algebra, so applying them with makes a Noetherian ring. With steps 2.1 and 2.3 this establishes all three clauses.
Remarks
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The intermediate-ring clause is the one that gets used. It says nothing about being of finite type over as an algebra, only that it is module-finite, which is stronger; the Artin–Tate lemma is what handles the situation where only sits between and a finite-type algebra without being module-finite over .
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Module-finite is strictly stronger than finite type here. A finite-type algebra over a Noetherian ring is Noetherian as well, but its ideals need not be finitely generated over the base ring, and the argument of step 2.1 would not run.
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The hypothesis that is a subring is used only in the second clause. Clauses 1 and 3 need no injectivity of .
Depends on
- A commutative ring is Noetherian exactly when every ideal is finitely generated, exactly when its ideals satisfy the ascending chain condition, and exactly when every nonempty set of ideals has a maximal member
- Subalgebra generated by a subset, algebras of finite type, and module-finite algebras
- Finitely generated modules over a left Noetherian ring are Noetherian
- Noetherian modules: every submodule is finitely generated
- Submodule of a module
- Module finiteness is transitive along a tower of algebras
- Algebras over a commutative ring, central structure maps, and algebra homomorphisms
- In a commutative ring, $(S)$ consists of finite sums $\sum r_i s_i$, and $(a)=Ra$
- Subring: a subset containing $1_R$ and closed under addition, additive inverses and multiplication
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Sources
- M. Hochster, Introduction to Commutative Algebra, Math 614, Lemma 5.4 (standard reference, not scraped)
- A. Altman and S. Kleiman, A Term of Commutative Algebra, 13th ed., (16.19) and (16.21) (standard reference, not scraped)
- J. S. Milne, A Primer of Commutative Algebra, v4.03, §3 (standard reference, not scraped)