On the Krull dimension of noetherian rings (Q731909)

Let \(R\) be a commutative ring, \(x\in R\), \(q_x\) the Krull dimension of \(R/(x)\), that is \(q_x=K\dim \;R/(x)\), and \(d_x=K\dim \;S^{-1}R\), where \(S\subset R\) is the multiplicative system generated by \(x\). It gives new proofs for the main results of dimension theory and it shows that \(K\dim\;R \leq \max(d_x,q_x)+ \delta_{d_x,q_x}\), \(\delta\) being Kronecker' symbol.