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Specialization and Integral Closure

Commutative Algebra 2014-04-08 v3

Abstract

We prove that the integral closedness of any ideal of height at least two is compatible with specialization by a generic element. This opens the possibility for proofs using induction on the height of an ideal. Also, with additional assumptions, we show that an element is integral over a module if it is integral modulo a generic element of the module. This turns questions about integral closures of modules into problems about integral closures of ideals, by means of a construction known as Bourbaki ideal.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611773,
  title  = {Specialization and Integral Closure},
  author = {J. Hong and B. Ulrich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611773},
  year   = {2014}
}