Nagata criterion for unique factorization domains

ID: nagata-criterion-for-unique-factorization-domains

Let be an integral domain that is a Noetherian ring, and let generate a prime ideal. If the localization of a ring is a unique factorization domain, then is a unique factorization domain. Indeed, integrality of over , with minimal, forces and hence proves that is an integrally closed domain. The Nagata theorem for divisor class groups then says that is generated by the height-one primes containing ; the only one is the principal prime , so .

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