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Prime ideals in infinite products of commutative rings

Commutative Algebra 2023-08-25 v2

Abstract

We describe the prime ideals and, in particular, the maximal ideals in products R=DλR = \prod D_\lambda of families (Dλ)λΛ(D_\lambda)_{\lambda \in \Lambda} of commutative rings. We show that every maximal ideal is induced by an ultrafilter on the Boolean algebra P(max(Dλ))\prod \mathcal{P}(\max(D_\lambda)), where max(Dλ)\max(D_\lambda) is the spectrum of maximal ideals of DλD_\lambda, and P\mathcal{P} denotes the power set. If every DλD_\lambda is in a certain class of rings including finite character domains and one-dimensional domains, we completely characterize the maximal ideals of RR. If every DλD_\lambda is a Pr\"ufer domain, we completely characterize all prime ideals of RR.

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@article{arxiv.2009.03069,
  title  = {Prime ideals in infinite products of commutative rings},
  author = {Carmelo A. Finocchiaro and Sophie Frisch and Daniel Windisch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.03069},
  year   = {2023}
}

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to appear in Communications in Contemporary Mathematics