Overring – Wikipedia

In mathematics, an overring of an integral domain contains the integral domain, and the overring itself is contained in a field called the field of fractions. Overrings provide an improved understanding of different types of rings and domains.

Definition[edit]

In this article, all rings are commutative rings, and ring and overring share the same identity element.

Let

Q(A){textstyle Q(A)}

represent the field of fractions of an integral domain

A{textstyle A}

. Ring

B{textstyle B}

is an overring of integral domain

A{textstyle A}

if

A{textstyle A}

is a subring of

B{textstyle B}

and

B{textstyle B}

is a subring of the field of fractions

Q(A){textstyle Q(A)}

;: 167  the relationship is

ABQ(A){textstyle Asubseteq Bsubseteq Q(A)}

.: 373 

Properties[edit]

Ring of fractions[edit]

The rings

RA,SA,TA{textstyle R_{A},S_{A},T_{A}}

are the rings of fractions of rings

R,S,T{textstyle R,S,T}

by multiplicative set

A{textstyle A}

.: 46  Assume

T{textstyle T}

is an overring of

R{textstyle R}

and

A{textstyle A}

is a multiplicative set in

R{textstyle R}

. The ring

TA{textstyle T_{A}}

is an overring of

RA{textstyle R_{A}}

. The ring

TA{textstyle T_{A}}

is the total ring of fractions of

RA{textstyle R_{A}}

if every nonunit element of

TA{textstyle T_{A}}

is a zero-divisor.: 52–53  Every overring of

RA{textstyle R_{A}}

contained in

TA{textstyle T_{A}}

is a ring

SA{textstyle S_{A}}

, and

S{textstyle S}

is an overring of

R{textstyle R}

.: 52–53  Ring

RA{textstyle R_{A}}

is integrally closed in

TA{textstyle T_{A}}

if

R{textstyle R}

is integrally closed in

T{textstyle T}

.: 52–53 

Noetherian domain[edit]

Definitions[edit]

A Noetherian ring satisfies the 3 equivalent finitenss conditions i) every ascending chain of ideals is finite, ii) every non-empty family of ideals has a maximal element and iii) every ideal has a finite basis.: 199 

An integral domain is a Dedekind domain if every ideal of the domain is a finite product of prime ideals.: 270 

A ring’s restricted dimension is the maximum rank among the ranks of all prime ideals that contain a regular element.: 52 

A ring

R{textstyle R}

is locally nilpotentfree if every ring

RM{textstyle R_{M}}

with maximal ideal

M{textstyle M}

is free of nilpotent elements or a ring with every nonunit a zero divisor.: 52 

An affine ring is the homomorphic image of a polynomial ring over a field.: 58 

Properties[edit]

Every overring of a Dedekind ring is a Dedekind ring.

Every overrring of a direct sum of rings whose non-unit elements are all zero-divisors is a Noetherian ring.: 53 

Every overring of a Krull 1-dimensional Noetherian domain is a Noetherian ring.: 53 

These statements are equivalent for Noetherian ring

R{textstyle R}

with integral closure

R¯{textstyle {bar {R}}}

.: 57 

These statements are equivalent for affine ring

R{textstyle R}

with integral closure

R¯{textstyle {bar {R}}}

.: 58 

  • Ring
  • Ring
  • Ring

An integrally closed local ring

R{textstyle R}

is an integral domain or a ring whose non-unit elements are all zero-divisors.: 58 

A Noetherian integral domain is a Dedekind ring if every overring of the Noetherian ring is integrally closed.: 198 

Every overring of a Noetherian integral domain is a ring of fractions if the Noetherian integral domain is a Dedekind ring with a torsion class group.: 200 

Coherent rings[edit]

Definitions[edit]

A coherent ring is a commutative ring with each finitely generated ideal finitely presented.: 373  Noetherian domains and Prüfer domains are coherent.: 137 

A pair

(R,T){textstyle (R,T)}

indicates a integral domain extension of

T{textstyle T}

over

R{textstyle R}

.: 331 

Ring

S{textstyle S}

is an intermediate domain for pair

(R,T){textstyle (R,T)}

if

R{textstyle R}

is a subdomain of

S{textstyle S}

and

S{textstyle S}

is a subdomain of

T{textstyle T}

.: 331 

Properties[edit]

A Noetherian ring’s Krull dimension is 1 or less if every overring is coherent.: 373 

For integral domain pair

(R,T){textstyle (R,T)}

,

T{textstyle T}

is an overring of

R{textstyle R}

if each intermediate integral domain is integrally closed in

T{textstyle T}

.: 332 : 175 

The integral closure of

R{textstyle R}

is a Prüfer domain if each proper overring of

R{textstyle R}

is coherent.: 137 

The overrings of Prüfer domains and Krull 1-dimensional Noetherian domains are coherent.: 138 

Prüfer domains[edit]

Properties[edit]

A ring has QR property if every overring is a localization with a multiplicative set.: 196  The QR domains are Prüfer domains.: 196  A Prüfer domain with a torsion Picard group is a QR domain.: 196  A Prüfer domain is a QR domain if the radical of every finitely generated ideal equals the radical generated by a principal ideal.: 500 

The statement

R{textstyle R}

is a Prüfer domain is equivalent to:: 56 

The statement

R{textstyle R}

is a Prüfer domain is equivalent to:: 167 

  • Each overring
  • Each valuation overring of

Minimal overring[edit]

Definitions[edit]

A minimal ring homomorphism

f{textstyle f}

is an injective non-surjective homomorophism, and if the homomorphism

f{textstyle f}

is a composition of homomorphisms

g{textstyle g}

and

h{textstyle h}

then

g{textstyle g}

or

h{textstyle h}

is an isomorphism.[14]: 461 

A proper minimal ring extension

T{textstyle T}

of subring

R{textstyle R}

occurs if the ring inclusion of

R{textstyle R}

in to

T{textstyle T}

is a minimal ring homomorphism. This implies the ring pair

(R,T){textstyle (R,T)}

has no proper intermediate ring.: 186 

A minimal overring

T{textstyle T}

of ring

R{textstyle R}

occurs if

T{textstyle T}

contains

R{textstyle R}

as a subring, and the ring pair

(R,T){textstyle (R,T)}

has no proper intermediate ring.: 60 

The Kaplansky ideal transform (Hayes transform, S-transform) of ideal

I{textstyle I}

with respect to integral domain

R{textstyle R}

is a subset of the fraction field

Q(R){textstyle Q(R)}

. This subset contains elements

x{textstyle x}

such that for each element

y{textstyle y}

of the ideal

I{textstyle I}

there is a positive integer

n{textstyle n}

with the product

xyn{textstyle xcdot y^{n}}

contained in integral domain

R{textstyle R}

.: 60 

Properties[edit]

Any domain generated from a minimal ring extension of domain

R{textstyle R}

is an overring of

R{textstyle R}

if

R{textstyle R}

is not a field.: 186 

The field of fractions of

R{textstyle R}

contains minimal overring

T{textstyle T}

of

R{textstyle R}

when

R{textstyle R}

is not a field.: 60 

Assume an integrally closed integral domain

R{textstyle R}

is not a field, If a minimal overring of integral domain

R{textstyle R}

exists, this minimal overring occurs as the Kaplansky transform of a maximal ideal of

R{textstyle R}

.: 60 

Examples[edit]

The Bézout integral domain is a type of Prüfer domain; the Bézout domain’s defining property is every finitely generated ideal is a principal ideal. The Bézout domain will share all the overring properties of a Prüfer domain.: 168 

The integer ring is a Prüfer ring, and all overrings are rings of quotients.: 196 
The dyadic rational is a fraction with an integer numerator and power of 2 denominators.
The dyadic rational ring is the localization of the integers by powers of two and an overring of the integer ring.

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