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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 101 2 b Solution by
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The equivalence relation defining the localization at a prime ideal givesThereforeEquivalently, all zero divisors of must lie in . To prove necessity, if and with , then in , contradicting the hypothesis that the map is injective. Conversely, if every denominator annihilates no nonzero element, the displayed kernel of a ring homomorphism is zero, so the map is injective.
An integral domain automatically satisfies this criterion at every prime ideal, but the criterion itself does not require to be an integral domain.
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