T HE U NIVERSITY OF S YDNEY S CHOOL OF M ATHEMATICS AND S TATISTICS Commutative algebra Semester 2, 2010

Exercises for week 9

Some of these questions may become part of the second assignment. Throughout, A is a commutative ring with one. 1. Suppose that A is a unique factorization domain and suppose that p is a prime in A. Show that all of the ideals (pA)n , for n 1, are primary. 2. Find an example of a ring A and an ideal I of A such that (i) I is not primary, and (ii), if xy I then either x r(I ) or y r(I ). 3. Find an example of a ring A and an ideal I of A that I does not have a primary decompostion. 4. Let S be a multiplicatively closed subset of A and suppose that every ideal in A has a primary decomposition. Prove that every ideal of S 1 A has a primary decomposition. 5. Let A = k [x, y, z ], where k is an algebraically closed eld and x, y, z are indeterminates. Find a primary decomposition of the following ideals of A, or prove that no primary decomposition exists. a) (x2 ) c) (x2 y ) b) (x, y ) d) (x2 , xy, xz, yz ) 6. Suppose that B is integrally closed over its subring B . a) Suppose that x A and that x is a unit in B . Show that x is a unit in A. b) Let Jac(A) and Jac(B ) be the Jacobson radicals of A and B , respectively. Show that Jac(A) is the contraction of Jac(B ) under the embeding A B . 7. Suppose A is a subring of B and that S = B A is multiplicatively closed. Show that B is integral over A.

Fourth year: Exercises for week 9

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