Note on the completion of a local domain with geometrically normal formal fibers (Q2376615)

Let \(R\) be a local one-dimensional domain. \textit{D.\ Katz} [Rocky Mt. J. Math. 16, 575--578 (1986; Zbl 0614.13013)] has shown: The number of minimal prime ideals of the completion \(\widehat R\) of \(R\) equals the number of maximal ideals of the integral closure \(\overline R\) of \(R\). In this paper the author shows that the result holds for any local domain, provided the formal fibers of \(R\) are geometrically normal.