Almost maximal prüfer domains (Q4262385)

Extending a definition of I. Kaplansky, \textit{W. Brandal} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 183, 203-222 (1973; Zbl 0273.13011)] defined a commutative ring \(R\) to be almost maximal if every proper homomorphic image of \(R\) is linearly compact. He proved that if \(D\) is an almost maximal Prüfer domain with quotient field \(K\), then every homomorphic image of \(D\) is an injective \(D\)-module. In the paper under review, the converse of Brandal's theorem is established. It is also shown that a Prüfer domain \(D\) is almost maximal if and only if each nonzero prime ideal of \(D\) has injective dimension one. Applications involving reflexive domains are also considered.