On some classes of integral domains defined by Krull's \(a.b.\) operations (Q661860)

Let \(D\) be an integral domain with quotient field \(K\). The \(b\)-operation that associates to each nonzero \(D\)-submodule \(E\) of \(K\), \(E^b:=\bigcap\{EV\,|\,V \text{ valuation overring of }\)D\(\}\), is a semistar operation that plays an important role in many questions of ring theory (e.g., if \(I\) is a nonzero ideal of \(D\), \(I^b\) coincides with its integral closure). The paper under review consists of the following sections: 1. Introduction and background results 2. Elementary properties of the \(b\)-operation 3. \(b\)-Noetherian domains 4. Classes of domains defined by e.a.b. semistar operations. The \(b\)-Noetherian domains are the domains such that for each nonzero ideal \(I\) of \(D\), \(I^b=J^b\) for some finitely generated ideal \(J\) of \(D\). They are studied in Section 3. For instance, the authors prove that a \(b\)-Noetherian domain has Noetherian spectrum and, if it is integrally closed, it is a Mori domain. However, integrally closed Mori domains with Noetherian spectra are not necessarily \(b\)-Noetherian. The authors also characterize several distinguished classes of \(b\)-Noetherian domains. In Section 4 the authors study more generally the e.a.b. semistar operation of finite type \(\star_a\) canonically associated to a given semistar operation \(\star\). (For instance, the \(b\)-operation is the e.a.b. semistar operation of finite type canonically associated to the identity operation.) The authors classify several classes of integral domains having some of the fundamental operations \(d\), \(t\), \(w\) and \(v\) equal to some of the canonically associated e.a.b. operations \(b\), \(t_a\), \(w_a\) and \(v_a\).