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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 7 4 c Solution by
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Choose algebra generators for over . Because the extension is integral, each satisfies a monic equationRepeatedly reduce any exponent at least using this equation. Since the generators commute, every polynomial in them becomes an -linear combination of the finitely many monomialsThus is a finitely generated module over , with at most generators. This proves the relevant subalgebra generated by finitely many integral elements assertion rather than merely invoking it.
For a fixed prime ideal , form the fiber ring . Tensoring the finite generating list shows : its pure tensors with one span the fiber over the residue field . Part (b) therefore gives only finitely many primes in . By the canonical bijection in part (a), these are precisely the primes of contracting to . HenceNo Noetherian hypothesis on is needed. For an empty algebra-generating list, and the empty product gives the same conclusion.
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