About the spectrum of Nagata rings (Q1759670)

Let \(R\) be an integral domain and \(N\) be the multiplicatively closed set of polynomials in \(R[X]\) whose coefficients generate \(R\). Define \(R(X) = N^{-1}R[X]\) and \(R(n) = R(X_1, \ldots, X_{n-1})(X_n)\), the Nagata ring in \(n\) indeterminates over \(R\). Given an integral domain \(T\), \(I\) an ideal of \(T\), and \(D\) a subring of \(T/I\), let \(R = \{ \, x \in T \mid x + I \in D \, \}\) (\(R\) is a pullback of \((T,I,D)\)). In this paper, the authors give characterizations of when \(R(n)\) is a strong S-domain or catenarian in terms of \(T[n] =T[X_1, \ldots, X_n]\) and \(D(n)\). Several examples illustrating the theory are also given.