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\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{commutative-algebra-notes.bib}
@misc{am,
  author = {M. F. Atiyah and I. G. MacDonald},
  title = {{Introduction to Commutative Algebra}},
  year = {1969}
}
@misc{reid,
  author = {Miles Reid},
  title = {{Undergraduate Commutative Algebra}},
  year = {1995}
}
@misc{mit-course,
  author = {Steven Kleiman},
  title = {{Commutative Algebra - MIT OpenCourseWare}},
  year = {2008},
  note = {\url{https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-705-commutative-algebra-fall-2008/}},
  url = {https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-705-commutative-algebra-fall-2008/}
}
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\title{Commutative Algebra notes}
\author{arnaucube}
\date{}

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\maketitle

\begin{abstract}
    Notes taken while studying Commutative Algebra, mostly from Atiyah \& MacDonald book \cite{am} and Reid's book \cite{reid}.

    Usually while reading books and papers I take handwritten notes in a notebook, this document contains some of them re-written to $LaTeX$.

    The proofs may slightly differ from the ones from the books, since I try to extend them for a deeper understanding.
\end{abstract}

\tableofcontents

\section{Ideals}

\subsection{Definitions}

\begin{defn}{ideal}
  $I \subset R$ ($R$ ring) such that $0 \in I$ and $\forall x \in I,~ r \in R,~ xr, rx \in I$.\\
  \hspace*{2em} ie. $I$ absorbs products in $R$.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{prime ideal}
  if $a, b \in R$ with $ab \in P$ and $P \neq R$ ($P$ a prime ideal), implies $a in P$ or $b \in P$.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{principal ideal}
  generated by a single element, $(a)$.

  $(a)$: principal ideal, the set of all multiples $xa$ with $x \in R$.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{maximal ideal}
  $\mM \subset A$ ($A$ ring) with $m \neq A$ and there is no ideal $I$ strictly between $\mM$ and $A$. ie. if $\mM$ maximal and $\mM \subseteq I \subseteq A$, either $\mM=I$ or $I=A$.
\end{defn}


\begin{defn}{unit}
  $x \in A$ such that $xy=1$ for some $y \in A$. ie. element \emph{which divides 1}.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{zerodivisor}
  $x \in A$ such that $\exists 0 \neq y \in A$ such that $xy=0 \in A$. ie. $x$ \emph{divides 0}..


  If a ring does not have zerodivisors is an integral domain.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{prime spectrum - $Spec(A)$}
  set of prime ideals of $A$. ie.

  $$Spec(A) = \{ P ~|~ P \subset A~ \text{is a prime ideal} \}$$
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{integral domain}
  Ring in which the product of any two nonzero elements is nonzero.

  ie. no zerodivisors.

  ie. $\forall~ 0 \neq a,~ 0 \neq b \in A,~ ab \neq 0 \in A$.

  Every field is an integral domain, not the converse.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{principal ideal domain - PID}
  integral domain in which every ideal is principal. ie.
  ie. $\forall I \subset R,~ \exists~ a \in I$ such that $I = (a) = \{ ra ~|~ r \in R \}$.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{nilpotent}
  $a \in A$ such that $a^n=0$ for some $n>0$.
\end{defn}
\begin{defn}{nilrad A}
  set of all nilpotent elements of $A$; is an ideal of $A$.

  if $nilrad A = 0 ~\Longrightarrow$ $A$ has no nonzero nilpotents.


  $$nilrad A = \bigcap_{P \in Spec(A)} P$$
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{idempotent}
  $e \in A$ such that $e^2=e$.
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{radical of an ideal}
  $$rad I = \{ f \in A | f^n \in I~ \text{for some} n \}$$

  $rad I$ is an ideal.

  $nilrad A = rad 0$

  $rad I = \bigcap_{\substack{P \in \operatorname{Spec}(A)\\ P \supset I}} P$
\end{defn}

\begin{defn}{local ring}
  A \emph{local ring} has a unique maximal ideal.

  Notation: locall ring $A$, its maximal ideal $\mM$, residue field $K=A/\mM$:
  $$A \supset \mM ~\text{or}~ (A, \mM) ~\text{or}~ (A, \mM, K)$$
\end{defn}

\subsection{Lemmas, propositions and corollaries}
\begin{thm}{AM.1.X}{Zorn's lemma} \label{zorn}
  TODO
\end{thm}

\begin{thm}{AM.1.3} \label{1.3}
  Every ring $A \neq 0$ has at lleast one maximal ideal.
\end{thm}
\begin{proof}
  By Zorn's lemma \ref{zorn}.
\end{proof}

\begin{cor}{AM.1.4} \label{1.4}
  if $I \neq (1)$ an ideal of $A$, $\exists$ a maximal ideal of $A$ containing $I$.
\end{cor}

\begin{cor}{AM.1.5} \label{1.5}
  Every non-unit of $A$ is contained in a maximal ideal.
\end{cor}

\begin{defn}{Jacobson radical}
  The \emph{Jacobson radical} of a ring $A$ is the intersection of all the maximal ideals of $A$.

  Denoted $Jac(A)$.
  
  $Jac(A)$ is an ideal of $A$.
\end{defn}

\begin{prop}{AM.1.9} \label{1.9}
  $x \in Jac(A)$ iff $(1 - xy)$ is a unit in $A$, $\forall y \in A$.
\end{prop}
\begin{proof}
  Suppose $1-xy$ not a unit.

  By \ref{1.5}, $1-xy \in \mM$ for $\mM$ some maximal ideal.

  But $x \in Jac(A) \subseteq \mM$, since $Jac(A)$ is the intersection of all maximal ideals of $A$.

  Hence $xy \in \mM$, and therefore $1 \in \mM$, which is absurd, thus $1-xy$ is a unit.

  Conversely:\\
  Suppose $x \not\in \mM$ for some maximal ideal $\mM$.

  Then $\mM$ and $x$ generte the unit ideal $(1)$, so that we have $u + xy = 1$ for some $u \in \mM$ and some $y \in A$.

  Hence $1 -xy \in \mM$, and is therefore not a unit.
\end{proof}

\section{Modules}

\subsection{Modules}

Let $A$ be a ring. An $A$-module is an Abelian group $M$ with a multiplication
map
\begin{align*}
  A \times M &\longrightarrow M\\
  (f, m) &\longmapsto fm
\end{align*}
satisfying $\forall~ f,g \in A,~~ m, n \in M$.
\begin{enumerate}[i.]
  \item $f(m \pm n)=fm \pm fn$
  \item $(f \pm g) m = fm \pm gm$
  \item $(fg) m = f(gm)$
  \item $1_A m = m$
\end{enumerate}

Let $\psi: M \longrightarrow M$ an $A$-linear endomorphism of $M$.\\
$A[\psi] \subset End M$ is the subring geneerated by $A$ and the action of $\psi$.
\begin{itemize}
\item since $\psi$ is $A$-linear, $A[\psi]$ is a commutative ring.
\item $M$ is a module over $A[\psi]$, so $\psi$ beomes multiplication by a ring element.
\end{itemize}

\subsection{Cayley-Hamilton theorem, Nakayama lemma, and corollaries}

\begin{prop}{AM.2.4}(Cayley-Hamilton Theorem) \label{2.4}
  Let $M$ a fingen $A$-module. Let $\aA$ an ideal of $A$, let $\psi$ an
  $A$-module endomorphism of $M$ such that $\psi(M) \subseteq \aA M$.

  Then $\psi$ satisfies
  
  $$\psi^n + a_1 \psi^{n-1} + \ldots + a_{n-1} \psi + a_n = 0$$

  with $a_i \in \aA$.
\end{prop}
\begin{proof}
  Since $M$ fingen, let $\{ x_1, \ldots, x_n \}$ be generators of $M$.\\
  By hypothesis, $\psi(M) \subseteq \aA M$; so for any generator $x_i$, it's image $\psi(x_i) \in \aA M$.

  Any element in $\aA M$ is a linear combination of the generators with coefficients in the ideal $\aA$, thus
  $$\psi(x_i)= \sum_{j=1}^n a_{ij} x_j$$
  with $a_{ij} \in \aA$.
  
  Thus, for a module with $n$ generators, we have $n$ different $\psi(x_i)$ equations:

  $$
  \left.
  \begin{aligned}
    \psi(x_1) &= a_{1,1} x_1 + a_{1,2} x_2 + \ldots + a_{1,n} x_n\\
    \psi(x_2) &= a_{2,1} x_1 + a_{2,2} x_2 + \ldots + a_{2,n} x_n\\
    \ldots\\
    \psi(x_n) &= a_{n,1} x_1 + a_{n,2} x_2 + \ldots + a_{n,n} x_n
  \end{aligned}
  \right\}
  \begin{aligned}
      &\text{n elements $\psi(x_i) \in \aA M$ which}\\
      &\text{are linear combinations of the}\\
      &\text{$n$ generators of $M$}
  \end{aligned}
  $$
  
  Next step: rearrange in order to use matrix algebra.

  Observe that each row equals $0$, and rearranging the elements at each row we get

  \begin{align*}
    &\psi(x_1) - (a_{1,1} x_1 + a_{1,2} x_2 + \ldots + a_{1,n} x_n) = 0\\
    &\psi(x_2) - (a_{2,1} x_1 + a_{2,2} x_2 + \ldots + a_{2,n} x_n) = 0\\
    &\ldots\\
    &\psi(x_n) - (a_{n,1} x_1 + a_{n,2} x_2 + \ldots + a_{n,n} x_n) = 0
  \end{align*}

  Then, group the $x_i$ terms together; as example, take the row $i=1$:
    $$(\psi - a_{1,1})x_1 - a_{1,2} x_2 - \ldots - a_{1,n} x_n = 0$$

    for $i=2$:
    $$-a_{2,1} x_1 + (\psi - a_{2,2}) x_2 - \ldots - a_{2,n} x_n = 0$$
    
  So, $\forall i \in [n]$, as a matrix:
  
  $$
  \begin{pmatrix}
    \psi - a_{1,1} & -a_{1,2} & \ldots & -a_{1,n}\\
    -a_{2,1} & \psi-a_{2,2} & \ldots & -a_{2,n}\\
    \vdots\\
    -a_{n,1} & -a_{n,2} & \ldots & \psi-a_{n,n}\\
  \end{pmatrix}
  \begin{pmatrix}
    x_1\\ x_2\\ \vdots\\ x_n
  \end{pmatrix}
  =
  \begin{pmatrix}
    0\\ 0\\ \vdots\\ 0
  \end{pmatrix}
  $$

  Kronecker delta:
  $\delta_{ij} =
  \begin{cases}
    1 & \text{if } i = j,\\
    0 & \text{otherwise}
  \end{cases}$

  With the Kronecker delta, $\psi(x_i)$ can be expressed as
  $$\psi(x_i) = \sum_{j=1}^n \delta_{ij} \psi(x_j)$$
  so the previous matrix can be characterized as
  $$\sum_{j=1}^n (\delta_{ij} \psi - a_{ij}) x_j = 0$$

  The entries of the matrix are \emph{endomorphisms} (elements of the ring $A[\psi]$)
  \begin{itemize}
    \item the term $(\psi - a_{11})$ is an operator that acts on $x_1$; as $(\psi(x_1)-a_{11}\cdot x_1)$
    \item the term $(-a_{12})$ is an operator that acts on $x_2$; as multiplication by it, ie. $(-a_{12} \cdot x_2)$
  \end{itemize}

  Since $A$ is a commutative ring, and $\psi$ commutes with any $a \in A$,
  the ring of operators $A[\psi]$ is a commutative ring.

  $\Longrightarrow~$ so we can treat the matrix as a matrix of real numbers and calculate its determinant.

  We're interested in the determinant because it is the only way to turn a system of multiple equations in a single scalar-like equation that describes the endomorphism $\psi$.\\
  $\rightarrow$ Because in module theory, we lack of "division", so can not "solve for $\psi$" the system of equations.\\
  $\rightarrow$ The determinant provides a way to find a polynomial that \emph{annihilates} the module; the \emph{characteristic polynomial}, which related $\psi$ to the ideal $\aA$

  $$det(M) \cdot x_i = 0~~ \forall i$$
  where $x_i$ are the generators of $M$.

  Since $det(M)$ kills every generator, it must kill every element in $M$\\
  $\Longrightarrow~~ det(M)$ is the zero map.

  Leibniz formula of the determinant of an $n \times n$ matrix:
  $$
  det(M) = \sum_{\sigma \in S_n} sign(\sigma) \prod_{i=1}^n M_{i, \sigma(i)}
  $$
  
  so,
  $$(\psi - a_{11}) (\psi - a_{22}) \ldots (\psi - a_{nn})$$
  expanding it,
  \begin{itemize}
    \item highest power is $1 \cdot \psi^n$
    \item coefficient of $\psi^{n-1}$ is $-( \underbrace{ a_{11} + a_{22} + \ldots + a_{nn} }_{a_1})$,\\
      where, since each $a_{ii} \in \aA,~~ a_1 \in \aA$
    \item the rest of coefficients of $\psi^k$ are also elements in $\aA$
  \end{itemize}

  So we have
  $$p(\psi) = \psi^n + a_1 \psi^{n-1} + a_2 \psi^{n-2} + \ldots + a_{n-1} \psi + a_n$$
  with $a_i \in \aA$.

  Since this determinant annihilates the generators (ie. $det(M)x_i=0$), the resulting enddomorphism $p(\psi)$ is the zero map on the entire module $M$, so:
  $$\psi^n + a_1 \psi^{n-1} + a_2 \psi^{n-2} + \ldots + a_{n-1} \psi + a_n = 0$$
  with $a_i \in \aA$, as stated in the Cayley-Hamilton theorem.
\end{proof}



\begin{cor}{AM.2.5} \label{2.5}
  Let $M$ a fingen $A$-module, let $\aA$ an ideal of $A$ such that $\aA M = M$.

  Then, $\exists~ x \equiv 1 \pmod \aA$ such that $xM = 0$.
\end{cor}
\begin{proof}
  take $\psi = \text{identity}$. Then in Cayley-Hamilton (\ref{2.4}):
  \begin{align*}
    &\psi^n + a_1 \psi^{n-1} + a_2 \psi^{n-2} + \ldots + a_{n-1} \psi + a_n = 0\\
    \Longrightarrow~ &id_M + a_1 id_M + a_2 id_M + \ldots + a_{n-1} id_M + a_n = 0\\
    \Longrightarrow~ &(1 + a_1 + \ldots + a_n) id_M = 0
  \end{align*}
  apply it to $m \in M$, where since $id_M(m)=m$ (by definition of the identity), we then have
  $$(1 + a_1 + \ldots + a_n) \cdot m = 0$$
  with $a_i \in \aA$.

  \begin{enumerate}[\text{part} i.]
    \item $xM=0$:\\
      Thus the scalar $x = (1 + a_1 + \ldots + a_n)$ annihilates every $m \in M$, ie. the entire module $M$.

    \item $x \equiv 1 \pmod \aA$:\\
      $x \equiv 1 \pmod \aA ~~ \Longleftrightarrow (x-1) \in \aA$\\
      then from $x = (1 + \underbrace{a_1 + \ldots + a_n}_b) \in \aA$, set $b=a_1 + \ldots + a_n$,\\
      so that $x=(1+b) \in \aA$.\\

      Then $x-1 = (1+b)-1 = b \in \aA$\\
      so $x-1 \in \aA$, thus $x \equiv 1 \pmod \aA$ as stated.
  \end{enumerate}
\end{proof}



\begin{prop}{AM.2.6}{Nakayama's lemma} \label{2.6}
  Let $M$ a fingen $A$-module, let $\aA$ an ideal of $A$ such that $\aA \subseteq Jac(A)$.

  Then $\aA M = M$ implies $M=0$.
\end{prop}
\begin{proof}
  By \ref{2.5}: since $\aA M = M$, we have $x M =0$ for some $x \equiv 1 \pmod {Jac(A)}$. (notice that at \ref{2.5} is $\pmod \aA$ but here we use $\pmod {Jac(A)}$, since we have $\aA \subseteq Jac(A)$).

  (recall \ref{1.9}: $x \in Jac(A)$ iff $(1 - xy)$ is a unit in $A$, $\forall y \in A$).\\
  By \ref{1.9}, $x$ is a unit in $A$ (thus $x^{-1}\cdot x=1$).

  Hence $M = x^{-1} \cdot \underbrace{x~ \cdot M}_{=0~ \text{(by \ref{2.5})}} = 0$.

  Thus, if $\aA M = M$ then $M=0$.
\end{proof}



\begin{cor}{AM.2.7} \label{2.7}
  Let $M$ a fingen $A$-module, let $N \subseteq M$ a submodule of $M$, let $\aA \subseteq Jac(A)$ an ideal.

  Then $M = \aA M + N \stackrel{\text{implies}}{\Longrightarrow} M=N$.
\end{cor}
\begin{proof}
  The idea is to apply Nakayama (\ref{2.6}) to $M/N$.

  Since $M$ fingen $\Longrightarrow~~ M/N$ is fingen and an $A$-module.

  Since $\aA \subseteq Jac(A) ~\Longrightarrow~$ Nakayama applies to $M/N$ too.

  By definition,
  $$\aA M = \left\{ \sum a_i \cdot m_i ~~|~~ a_i \in \aA, m_i \in M \right\}$$
  where $m_i$ are the generators of $M$.

  Then, for $M/N$,
  $$\aA (\frac{M}{N}) = \left\{ \sum a_i \cdot (m_i + N) ~~|~~ a_i \in \aA, m_i \in M \right\}$$

  observe that $a_i(m_i+N)= a_i m_i +N$, thus
  $$\sum_i a_i \cdot (m_i + N) = \underbrace{(\sum_i a_i \cdot m_i)}_{\in \aA M} + N \in \aA M + N$$

  Hence,

  \begin{equation}
    \aA (\frac{M}{N}) = \left\{ x + N ~~|~~ x \in \aA M \right\} = \aA M + N
    \label{eq:2.7.1}
  \end{equation}

  By definition, if we take $\frac{\aA M + N}{N}$, then
  $$\frac{\aA M + N}{N} = \left\{ y + N ~~|~~ y \in \aA M +N \right\} = \aA M + N$$

  thus every $y \in \aA M +N$ can be written as
  $$y=x+n,~~ \text{with} x \in \aA M,~ n\in N$$
  which comes from \eqref{eq:2.7.1}.

  Thus, $y + N = (x+n)+N = x+N$, since $n \in N$ is zero in the quotient.
  
  Hence, every element of $\frac{\aA M +N}{N}$ has the form
  $$\frac{\aA M + N}{N} = \left\{ x + N ~~|~~ x \in \aA M \right\}$$
  as in \eqref{eq:2.7.1}.

  Thus
  \begin{equation}
    \aA (\frac{M}{N}) = \aA M + N = \frac{\aA M +N}{N}
    \label{eq:2.7.2}
  \end{equation}

  By the Collorary assumption, $M = \aA M + N$; quotient it by $N$:
  \begin{equation}
    \frac{M}{N} = \frac{\aA M +N}{N}
  \label{eq:2.7.3}
  \end{equation}

  So, from \eqref{eq:2.7.2} and \eqref{eq:2.7.3}:
  $$\aA (\frac{M}{N}) = \aA M +N = \frac{\aA M +N}{N} = \frac{M}{N}$$
  thus, $\aA (\frac{M}{N}) = \frac{M}{N}$.

  By Nakayama's lemma \ref{2.6}, if $\aA (\frac{M}{N}) = \frac{M}{N} ~\stackrel{implies}{\Longrightarrow}~ \frac{M}{N}=0$

  Note that
  $$\frac{M}{N} = \{ m + N ~|~ m \in M \}$$
  (the zero element in $\frac{M}{N}$ is the coset $N=0+N$)

  Then, $\frac{M}{N}=0$ means that the quotient has exactly one element, the zero coset $N$.

  Thus, every coset $m + N$ equals the zero coset $N$, so $m-0 \in N ~\Longrightarrow~ m \in N$.

  Hence every $m \in M$ lies in $N$, ie. $\forall m \in M,~ m \in N$.

  So $M \subseteq N$. But notice that by the Corollary, we had $N \subseteq M$, therefore $M = N$.

  Thus, if $M = \aA M + N \stackrel{implies}{\Longrightarrow} M = N$.
\end{proof}



\begin{prop}{AM.2.8} \label{2.8}
  Let $x_i \forall i \in [n]$ be elements of $M$ whose images $\frac{M}{m M}$ from a basis of this vecctor space. Then the $x_i$ generate $M$.
\end{prop}
\begin{proof}
  Let $N$ submodule $M$, generated by the $x_i$.

  Then the composite map $N \longrightarrow M \longrightarrow \frac{M}{m M}$ maps $N$ onto $\frac{M}{m M}$, hence $N + \aA M = M$, which by \ref{2.7} implies $N = M$.
\end{proof}


\begin{prop}{AM.2.10} \label{2.10}
  Split exact sequence. TODO
\end{prop}

\section{Noetherean rings}

\begin{defn}{}{Ascending Chain Condition}
  A partially orddered set $\Sigma$ has the \emph{ascending chain condition} (a.c.c.) if every chain
  $$s_1 \leq s_2 \leq \ldots \leq s_k \leq \ldots$$
  eventually breaks off, that is, $s_k = s_{k+1} = \ldots$ for some $k$.
\end{defn}

$\Longrightarrow~ \Sigma$ has the a.c.c. iff every non-empty subset $S \subset \Sigma$ has a maximal element.\\
\hspace*{2em} if $\empty \neq S \subset \Sigma$ does not have a maximal element, choose $s_1 \in S$, and for each $s_k$, an element $s_{k+1}$ with $s_k < s_{k+1}$, thus contradicting the a.c.c.

\begin{defn}{R.3.2}{Noetherian ring}
  Let $A$ a ring; 3 equivalent conditions:
  \begin{enumerate}[i.]
    \item the set $\Sigma$ of ideals of $A$ has the a.c.c.; in other words, every increasing chain of ideals
      $$I_1 \subset I_2 \subset \ldots \subset I_k \subset \ldots$$
      eventually stops, that is $I_k = I_{k+1}=\ldots$ for some $k$.
    \item every nonempty set $S$ of iddeals has a maximal element
    \item every iddeal $I \subset A$ is finitely generated
  \end{enumerate}
  If these conditions hold, then $A$ is \emph{Noetherian}.
\end{defn}
\begin{proof}
  TODO
\end{proof}

\begin{defn}{R.3.4.D}{Noetherian modules}
  An $A$-module $M$ is Noetherian if the submoles of $M$ have the a.c.c.,\\
  that is, ay increasing chain
  $$M_1 \subset M_2 \subset \ldots \subset M_k \subset \ldots$$
  of submodules eventually stops.
\end{defn}

As in with rings, it is equivalent to say that
\begin{enumerate}[i.]
  \item any nonempty set of modulesof $M$ has a maximal element
  \item every submodule of $M$ is finite
\end{enumerate}



\begin{prop}{R.3.4.P}
  Let $0 \longrightarrow L \xrightarrow{\ \alpha \ } M \xrightarrow{\ \beta \ } N \longrightarrow 0$ be a s.e.s. (split exact sequence, \ref{2.10}).

  Then, $M$ is Noetherian $\Longleftrightarrow~ L$ and $N$ are Noetherian.
\end{prop}
\begin{proof}
  $\Longrightarrow$: trivial, since ascending chains of submodules in $L$ and $N$ correspond one-to-one to certain chains in $M$.

  $\Longleftarrow$: suppose $M_1 \subset M_2 \subset \ldots \subset M_k \subset \ldots$ is an increasing chain of submodules of $M$.

  Then identifying $\alpha(L)$ with $L$ and taking intersection gives a chain
  $$L \cap M_1 \subset L \cap M_2 \subset \ldots \subset L \cap M_k \subset \ldots$$
  of submodules of $L$, and applying $\beta$ gives a chain
  $$\beta(M_1) \subset \beta(M_2) \subset \ldots \beta(M_k) \subset \ldots$$
  of submodules of $N$.

  Each of these two chains eventually stop, by the assumption on $L$ and $N$, so that we only need to prove the following lemma which completes the proof.
\end{proof}

\begin{lemma}{R.3.4.L}
  for submodules $M_1 \subset M_2 \subset M$,
  $$L \cap M_1 = L \cap M_2 ~\text{and}~ \beta(M_1) = \beta(M_2) ~\Longrightarrow~ M_1 = M_2$$
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
  if $m\in M_2$, then $\beta(m) \in \beta(M_1) = \beta(M_2)$, so that there is an $n \in M_1$ such that $\beta(m)=\beta(m)$.

  Then $\beta(m-n)=0$, so that
  $$m - n \in M_2 \cap ker(\beta)=M_1 \cap ker(\beta)$$

  Hence $m \in M_1$, thus $M_1 = M_2$.
\end{proof}

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\section{Exercises}

For the exercises, I follow the assignements listed at \cite{mit-course}.

The exercises that start with \textbf{R} are the ones from the book \cite{reid}, and the ones starting with \textbf{AM} are the ones from the book \cite{am}.

\subsection{Exercises Chapter 1}

\begin{ex}{R.1.1}
  Ring $A$ and ideals $I, J$ such that $I \cup J$ is not an ideal. What's the smallest ideal containing $I$ and $J$?
\end{ex}
\begin{proof}
  Take ring $A= \mathbb{Z}$. Set $I = 2 \mathbb{Z},~ J=3 \mathbb{Z}$.

  $I,~J$ are ideals of $A$ ($=\mathbb{Z}$). And $I \cup J = 2 \mathbb{Z} \cup 3 \mathbb{Z}$.\\
  Observe that for $2 \in I,~ 3 \in J ~\Longrightarrow~ 2,3 \in I \cup J$, but $2+3 = 5 \not\in I \cup J$.

  Thus $I \cup J$ is not closed under addition; thus is not an ideal.


  Smallest ideal of $\mathbb{Z}$ ($=A$) containing $I$ and $J$ is their sum:

  $$I+J = \{ a+b | a \in I, b \in J \}$$

  $gcd(2,3)=1$, so $I+J = \mathbb{Z}$.

  Therefore, smallest ideal containing $I$ and $J$ is the whole ring $\mathbb{Z}$.
\end{proof}

\begin{ex}{R.1.5}
  let $\psi: A \longrightarrow B$ a ring homomorphism. Prove that $\psi^{-1}$ takes prime ideals of $B$ to prime ideals of $A$.\\
  In particular if $A \subset B$ and $P$ a prime ideal of $B$, then $A \cap P$ is a prime ideal of $A$.
\end{ex}
\begin{proof}
  (Recall: prime ideal is if $a,b \in R$ and $a \cdot b \in P$ (with $R \neq P$), implies $a \in P$ or $b \in P$).

  Let
  $$\psi^{-1}(P) = \{ a \in A | \psi(a) \in P \} = A \cap P$$
  The claim is that $\psi^{-1}(P)$ is prime iddeal of $A$.

  \begin{enumerate}[i.]
    \item show that $\psi^{-1}(P)$ is an ideal of $A$:\\
      $0_A \in \psi^{-1}(P)$, since $\psi(0_A)=0_B \in P$ (since every ideal contains $0$).

      If $a,b \in \psi^{-1}(P)$, then $\psi(a), \psi(b) \in P$, so
      $$\psi(a-b)= \psi(a) - \psi(b) \in P$$
      hence $a-b \in \psi^{-1}(P)$.

      If $a \in \psi^{-1}(P)$ and $r \in A$, then $\psi(ra) = \psi(r) \psi(a) \in P$, since $P$ is an ideal.\\
      Thus $ra \in \psi^{-1}(P)$.

      $\Longrightarrow$ so $\psi^{-1}$ is an ideal of $A$.

    \item show that $\psi^{-1}(P)$ is prime:\\
      $\psi^{-1}(P) \neq A$, since if $\psi^{-1}(P)=A$, then $1_A \in \psi^{-1}(P)$, so $\psi(1_A)=1_B \in P$, which would mean that $P=B$, a contradiction since $P$ is prime ideal of $B$.

      Take $a,b \in A$ with $ab \in \psi^{-1}(P)$; then $\psi(ab) \in P$, and since $\psi$ is a ring homomorphism, $\psi(ab) = \psi(a)\psi(b)$.

      Since $P$ prime ideal, then $\psi(a)\psi(b) \in P$ implies either $\psi(a) \in P$ or $\psi(b) \in P$.\\
      Thus $a \in \psi^{-1}(P)$ or $b \in \psi^{-1}(P)$.

      Hence $\psi^{-1}(P)$ ($=A \cap P$) is a prime ideal of $A$.
  \end{enumerate}
\end{proof}


\begin{ex}{R.1.6}
  prove or give a counter example:
  \begin{enumerate}[a.]
    \item the intersection of two prime ideals is prime
    \item the ideal $P_1+P_2$ generated by $2$ prime ideals $P_1,P_2$ is prime
    \item if $\psi: A \longrightarrow B$ ring homomorphism, then $\psi^{-1}$ takes maximal ideals of $B$ to maximal ideals of $A$
  \end{enumerate}
\end{ex}
\begin{proof}
  \begin{enumerate}[a.]
    \item let $I = 2 \mathbb{Z} = (2)$, $J = 3 \mathbb{Z} = (3)$ be ideals of $\mathbb{Z}$, both prime.

      Then $I \cap J = (2) \cap (3) = (6)$.

      The ideal $(6)$ is not prime in $\mathbb{Z}$, since $2 \cdot 3 \in (6)$, but $2 \neq (6)$ and $3 \neq (6)$.

      Thus the intersection of two primes can not be prime.

    \item $P_1=(2),~ P_2=(3)$, both prime.

      Then,
      $$P_1 + P_2 = (2)+(3)=\{ a+b | a \in P_1, b \in P_2 \}$$

      $\longrightarrow~$ in a principal ideal domain (like $\mathbb{Z}$), the sum of two principal ideals is again principal, and given by $(m)+(n)=(gcd(m,n))$.

      (recall: principal= generated by a single element)

      So, $P_1+P_2= (2)+(3) = (gcd(2,3))=(1)=\mathbb{Z}$.

      The whole ring is not a prime ideal (by the definition of the prime ideal), so $P_1+P_2$ is not a prime ideal.

      Henceforth, the sum of two prime ideals is not necessarily prime.

    \item let $A=\mathbb{Z},~ B=\mathbb{Q},~ \psi: A \longrightarrow B$.

      Since $\mathbb{Q}$ is a field, its only maximal ideal is $(0)$.

      Then
      \begin{align*}
        \psi^{-1}( (0) ) &= (0) \subset \mathbb{Z}\\
        \text{ie.}~ \psi^{-1}( m_B ) &= (m_B) \subset A
      \end{align*}

      But $(0)$ is not maximal in $\mathbb{Z}$, because $\mathbb{Z}/(0) \cong \mathbb{Z}$ is not a field.

      Thus the preimages of maximal ideals under arbitrary ring homomorphisms need not be maximal.
  \end{enumerate}
\end{proof}

\subsection{Exercises Chapter 2}

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