Krull's separation lemma

In abstract algebra, Krull's separation lemma is a lemma in ring theory. It was proved by Wolfgang Krull in 1928.[1]

Statement of the lemma

Let be an ideal and let be a multiplicative system (i.e. is closed under multiplication) in a ring , and suppose . Then there exists a prime ideal satisfying and .[2]

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References

  1. Krull, Wolfgang (1928). "Zur Theorie der zweiseitigen Ideale in nichtkommutativen Bereichen". Mathematische Zeitschrift. 28 (1): 481–503. doi:10.1007/BF01181179. ISSN 0025-5874.
  2. Sun, Shu-Hao (1992). "On separation lemmas". Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra. 78 (3): 301–310. doi:10.1016/0022-4049(92)90112-S.
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