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Unique representation domains, II

Commutative Algebra 2008-07-22 v1

Abstract

Given a star operation * of finite type, we call a domain R a *-unique representation domain (*-URD) if each *-invertible *-ideal of R can be uniquely expressed as a *-product of pairwise *-comaximal ideals with prime radical. When * is the t-operation we call the *-URD simply a URD. Any unique factorization domain is a URD. Generalizing and unifying results due to Zafrullah and Brewer-Heinzer, we give conditions for a *-ideal to be a unique *-product of pairwise *-comaximal ideals with prime radical and characterize *-URDs. We show that the class of URDs includes rings of Krull type, the generalized Krull domains introduced by El Baghdadi and weakly Matlis domains whose t-spectrum is treed. We also study when the property of being a URD extends to some classes of overrings, such as polynomial extensions, rings of fractions and rings obtained by the D+XD_S[X] construction.

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@article{arxiv.0807.3295,
  title  = {Unique representation domains, II},
  author = {Said El Baghdadi and Stefania Gabelli and Muhammad Zafrullah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3295},
  year   = {2008}
}

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21 pages

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