Every subring of the rational numbers containing is a principal ideal domain. If is reduced, Bézout's identity gives integers with , hence . Thus every reduced denominator occurring in is a unit.
For an ideal , write . Then . If is reduced, , so for some integer . Since , . Therefore , including the zero ideal. This is a concrete instance of extending and contracting ideals under localization of a ring.
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