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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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Flat or open implies going down
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by David E. Dobbs and Ira J. Papick PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 65 (1977), 370-371 Request permission

Abstract:

Let R, T be commutative rings with identity, and $f:R \to T$ a unital ring homomorphism. We give an elementary, unified proof of the fact that f has the going down property, if T is flat as an R-module or if the induced map $F:{\text {Spec}}(T) \to {\text {Spec}}(R)$ is open.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1977 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 65 (1977), 370-371
  • MSC: Primary 13C10
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0441948-9
  • MathSciNet review: 0441948