Integral extension of a Jacobson ring 2026-09-24
Every ring integral over a Jacobson ring is Jacobson. After quotienting by a prime, an integral equation for a nonzero element has nonzero constant term; choose a maximal ideal of the base avoiding that term and apply the Lying-over theorem.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 101 4 iv Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
It is enough to prove that every prime ideal of is the intersection of the maximal ideals containing it. Replace byThe new extension is integral, both rings are domains, and the base remains a Jacobson ring.
Let . Choose an integral equation of least degreeAs above, . Since the zero ideal of is the intersection of its maximal ideals, choose a maximal ideal with . By the Lying-over theorem, some maximal ideal of contracts to . If , the integral equation would imply , a contradiction. Thus every nonzero is omitted by some maximal ideal, so their intersection is zero. Therefore is Jacobson, proving Integral extension of a Jacobson ring.