Prime ideals in infinite products of commutative rings

arXiv2009.03069MaRDI QIDQ6348571FDOQ6348571

Authors: Carmelo Antonio Finocchiaro, Sophie Frisch, Daniel Windisch 

Publication date: 7 September 2020

Abstract: In this work we present descriptions of prime ideals and in particular of maximal ideals in products $R=prod{D}_{l}ambda$ of families $(D_{l}ambda{)}_{lambdainLambda}$ of commutative rings. We show that every maximal ideal is induced by an ultrafilter on the Boolean algebra $prodmathcalP(max(D_{l}ambda))$. If every $D_{l}ambda$ is in a certain class of rings including finite character domains and one-dimensional domains, then this leads to a characterization of the maximal ideals of $R$. If every $D_{l}ambda$ is a Pr"ufer domain, we depict all prime ideals of $R$. Moreover, we give an example of a (optionally non-local or local) Pr"ufer domain such that every non-zero prime ideal is of infinite height.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ideals and multiplicative ideal theory in commutative rings (13A15) Dedekind, Prüfer, Krull and Mori rings and their generalizations (13F05) Other special types of modules and ideals in commutative rings (13C13)

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