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Extension and contraction of ideals
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Extension and contraction of ideals
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Created
2026-10-03
Updated
2026-10-14
For
a
ring homomorphism
f
:
R
→
S
, extension sends an
ideal
I
⊆
R
to the
ideal
S
f
(
I
)
generated by its
image
. Contraction sends an
ideal
J
⊆
S
to
f
−
1
(
J
)
. These are distinct forward and inverse-
image
operations.
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