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The number of atoms in an atomic domain

Commutative Algebra 2015-12-17 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We study the number of atoms and maximal ideals in an atomic domain with finitely many atoms and no prime elements. We show in particular that for all m,nZ+m,n \in \mathbb{Z}^+ with n3n \geq 3 and 4mn34 \leq m \leq \frac{n}{3} there is an atomic domain with precisely nn atoms, precisely mm maximal ideals and no prime elements. The proofs use both commutative algebra and additive number theory.

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@article{arxiv.1512.05024,
  title  = {The number of atoms in an atomic domain},
  author = {Pete L. Clark and Saurabh Gosavi and Paul Pollack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05024},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages