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The ring of polynomials integral-valued over a finite set of integral elements

Rings and Algebras 2018-10-03 v2

Abstract

Let DD be an integral domain with quotient field KK and Ω\Omega a finite subset of DD. McQuillan proved that the ring Int(Ω,D){\rm Int}(\Omega,D) of polynomials in K[X]K[X] which are integer-valued over Ω\Omega, that is, fK[X]f\in K[X] such that f(Ω)Df(\Omega)\subset D, is a Pr\"ufer domain if and only if DD is Pr\"ufer. Under the further assumption that DD is integrally closed, we generalize his result by considering a finite set SS of a DD-algebra AA which is finitely generated and torsion-free as a DD-module, and the ring IntK(S,A){\rm Int}_K(S,A) of integer-valued polynomials over SS, that is, polynomials over KK whose image over SS is contained in AA. We show that the integral closure of IntK(S,A){\rm Int}_K(S,A) is equal to the contraction to K[X]K[X] of Int(ΩS,DF){\rm Int}(\Omega_S,D_F), for some finite subset ΩS\Omega_S of integral elements over DD contained in an algebraic closure Kˉ\bar K of KK, where DFD_F is the integral closure of DD in F=K(ΩS)F=K(\Omega_S). Moreover, the integral closure of IntK(S,A){\rm Int}_K(S,A) is Pr\"ufer if and only if DD is Pr\"ufer. The result is obtained by means of the study of pullbacks of the form D[X]+p(X)K[X]D[X]+p(X)K[X], where p(X)p(X) is a monic non-constant polynomial over DD: we prove that the integral closure of such a pullback is equal to the ring of polynomials over KK which are integral-valued over the set of roots Ωp\Omega_p of p(X)p(X) in Kˉ\bar K.

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@article{arxiv.1411.1382,
  title  = {The ring of polynomials integral-valued over a finite set of integral elements},
  author = {G. Peruginelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.1382},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

final version, J. Commut. Algebra 8 (2016), no. 1, 113-141