Conducive integral domains (Q788053)

This article introduces the concept of a conducive domain, that is, an integral domain each of whose overrings, apart from the quotient field, has nonzero conductor. The principal examples of conductive domains are all D\(+M\) constructions and all (pseudo-)valuation domains. Several characterizations are obtained, notably that a domain R is conducive if and only if R has a valuation overring with nonzero conductor, a characterization obtained by different means in theorem 4.5 of \textit{E. Bastida} and \textit{R. Gilmer} [Michigan Math. J. 20, 79--95 (1973; Zbl 0239.13001)]. It is also proved that if R is a conducive domain but not a field, then Spec(R) is pinched at a prime P such that the set of primes within P is linearly ordered. The converse is shown for R a Prüfer domain, in which case \(P=PR_ P\). Consequences include pullback characterizations of the seminormal (resp. Prüfer) conducive domains. Special attention is paid to the class of conducive G-domains, with attendant interplay between ''conducive'' and the property of having a maximum overring. \(\{\) The first-named author, in collaboration with \textit{V. Barucci} and \textit{M. Fontana}, has recently obtained a pullback characterization of arbitrary conducive domains.\(\}\)