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Chinese remainder theorem for pairwise comaximal ideals
Statement
Let be a commutative ring and let be pairwise comaximal ideals, where . Then the canonical map is surjective, its kernel is , and Equivalently,
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A commutative ring and pairwise comaximal ideals with .
Proof
First take . Choose and with . If , then , so . For classes and , the element satisfies and , so the canonical map is surjective with kernel .
Now assume . Fix and put . For each , choose and with . Expanding shows that and , so . Choose with . Then for every . Given residue classes , the element satisfies for every . Hence the canonical map is surjective.
The kernel of the canonical map is plainly . To compare this with the product, induct on . The case is tautological and the case is step 1.1. For , let . By the induction hypothesis, . Step 2.1 with gives , so applying the two-ideal case to and yields . Therefore .
Depends on
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