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Krull's theorem

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Variants
Krull's Hauptidealsatz
Notes
References

In mathematics, and more specifically in ring theory, Krull's theorem, named after Wolfgang Krull, asserts that a nonzero ring^[1] has at least one maximal ideal. The theorem was proved in 1929 by Krull, who used transfinite induction. The theorem admits a simple proof using Zorn's lemma, and in fact is equivalent to Zorn's lemma, which in turn is equivalent to the axiom of choice.

Variants

For noncommutative rings, the analogues for maximal left ideals and maximal right ideals also hold.
For pseudo-rings, the theorem holds for regular ideals.
A slightly stronger (but equivalent) result, which can be proved in a similar fashion, is as follows:

Let R be a ring, and let I be a proper ideal of R. Then there is a maximal ideal of R containing I.

This result implies the original theorem, by taking I to be the zero ideal (0). Conversely, applying the original theorem to R/I leads to this result.

To prove the stronger result directly, consider the set S of all proper ideals of R containing I. The set S is nonempty since I ∈ S. Furthermore, for any chain T of S, the union of the ideals in T is an ideal J, and a union of ideals not containing 1 does not contain 1, so J ∈ S. By Zorn's lemma, S has a maximal element M. This M is a maximal ideal containing I.

Krull's Hauptidealsatz

Another theorem commonly referred to as Krull's theorem:

Let be a Noetherian ring and an element of which is neither a zero divisor nor a unit. Then every minimal prime ideal containing has height 1.

Notes

1. ^In this article, rings have a 1.

References

{{cite journal |first=W. |last=Krull |title=Idealtheorie in Ringen ohne Endlichkeitsbedingungen |journal=Mathematische Annalen |volume=101 |issue=1 |year=1929 |pages=729–744 |doi=10.1007/BF01454872 }}

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