Contraction of a maximal ideal under an integral extension

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Contraction of a maximal ideal under an integral extension by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
If is integral and is a maximal ideal of , then is maximal in . Indeed, is an integral domain integral over , and a subring over which a field is integral is itself a field.

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