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\end{proof} -\section{Noetherian rings} +\section{Noetherian rings (and modules)} \begin{defn}{}{Ascending Chain Condition} A partially orddered set $\Sigma$ has the \emph{ascending chain condition} (a.c.c.) if every chain

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-\begin{prop}{R.3.4.P} +\begin{prop}{R.3.4.P}\label{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.

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Hence $m \in M_1$, thus $M_1 = M_2$. \end{proof} + + + +\begin{cor}{R.3.5}{Properties of Noetherian modules.}\label{R.3.5} + \begin{enumerate}[i.] + \item if $\forall i \in [r],~~M_i$ are Noetherian modules, then + $\bigoplus_{i=1}^r M_i$ is Noetherian. + \item if $A$ a Noetherian ring, then an $A$-module $M$ is Noetherian iff it is finite over $A$. + \item if $A$ a Noetherian ring, $M$ a finite module, then any submodule $N \subset M$ is again finite. + \item if $A$ a Noetherian ring, and $\psi: A \longrightarrow B$ a ring homomorphism such that $B$ is a finite $A$-module, then $B$ is a Noetherian ring. + \end{enumerate} +\end{cor} +\begin{proof} + \begin{enumerate}[i.] + \item a direct sum $M_1 \oplus M_2$ is a particular case of an exact sequence. + + Then, Proposition \ref{R.3.4.P} proves this statement when $r=2$. The case $r>2$ follows by induction. + + \item if $M$ finite, then $\exists~$ surjective homomorphism + $$A^r \longrightarrow M \longrightarrow 0$$ + for some $r$, so that $M$ is a quotient + $$M \cong A^r / N$$ + for some submodule $N \subset A^r$. + + $A^r$ is a Noetherian module by i., so $M$ is Noetherian due Proposition \ref{R.3.4.P}. + + Conversely, $M$ Noetherian implies $M$ finite. + + item as in previous implications:\\ + $M$ finite and $A$ Noetherian $\Longrightarrow$ $M$ is Noetherian,\\ + $\Longrightarrow$ since $N \subseteq M$, then $N$ is Noetherian too\\ + $\Longrightarrow$ which implies that $N$ is a finite $A$-module. + + \item $B$ is Noetherian as an $A$-module; but ideals of $B$ are submodules of $B$ as an $A$-submodule, so that $B$ is a Noetherian ring. + \end{enumerate} +\end{proof} + + +\vspace{0.5cm} +\begin{thm}{R.3.6}{Hilbert basis theorem} \label{hilbert-basis} + if $A$ a Noetherian ring, then so is the polynomial ring $A[x]$. +\end{thm} +\begin{proof} + Prove that any ideal $I \subset A[x]$ is fingen. + + Define auxiliary sets $J_n \subset A$ by + $$J_n = \{ a \in A ~|~ \exists f \in I ~\text{s.th.}~ f = a x^n + b_{n-1}x^{n-1} + \ldots b_0 \}$$ + ie. $J_n$ is the set of leading coefficients of $I$ of degree $n$. + + $J_n$ is an ideal, since $I$ is an ideal. + + $J_n \subset J_{n+1}$, since for $f \in I$ also $x f \in I$. + + Therefore $J_1 \subset J_2 \subset \ldots \subset J_k \subset \ldots$ is an increasing chain of ideals. + + Using the assumption that $A$ is Noetherian, deduce that $J_n = J_{n+1}$ for some $n$. + + For each $m \leq n, ~~ J_m \subset A$ is fingen, ie. + $$J_m = (a_{m,1}, \ldots a_{m, r_m})$$ + + By definition of $J_m$, for each $a_{m,j}$ with $1 \leq j \leq r_m$,\\ + $\exissts$ a polynomial $f_{m, j} \in I$ of degree $m$ having the leading coefficient $a_{m, j}$. + + $$\Longrightarrow~~ \{ f_{m,j} \}_{m<n; 1 \leq j \leq r_m}$$ + the set of elements of $I$. + + Claim: this finite set ($\{ f_{m,j} \}$) generates $I$. + + $\forall f \in I$, if $\deg f =m$, then its leading coefficient is $a \in J_m$, + + hence if $m \geq n$, then $a \in J_m=J_n$, so that + $$a = \sum b_i a_{n,i} ~~ \text{with}~ b_i \in A$$ + and + $$f - \sum b_i X^{m-n} \cdot f_{n, i}$$ + has degree $<m$. + + Similarly, if $m \leq n$, then $a \in J_m$, so that + $$a = \sum b_i a_{m, i} ~~\text{with}~ b_i \in A$$ + and + $$f - \sum b_i f_{n, i}$$ + has degree $<m$. + + + \vspace{0.3cm} + By induction on $m$, $f$ can be written as a linear combination of finitely many elements. + + Thus, any ideal of $A[x]$ is finitely generated. +\end{proof} + +\begin{cor}{R.3.6.C} + if $A$ a Noetherian ring, and $\psi: A \longrightarrow B$ a ring homomorphism such that $B$ is a fingen extension ring of $\psi(A)$, then $B$ is Noetherian. + + In particular, any fingen algebra over $\mathbb{Z}$ or over a field $K$ is Noetherian. +\end{cor} +\begin{proof} + the assumption is that $B$ is a quotient of a polynomial ring, + $$B \cong A[x_1, \ldots, x_n] / I$$ + for some ideal $I$. + + By the Hilbert basis theorem \ref{hilbert-basis} and induction,\\ + $A$ being Noetherian implies that $A[x_1, \ldots, x_n]$ is Noetherian. + + And by Corollary \ref{R.3.5}(iv),\\ + $A[x_1, \ldots, x_n]$ being Noetherian implies that $A[x_1, \ldots, x_n]/I$ is Noetherian. +\end{proof} + + + \newpage