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Localization of an integral extension at a prime need not be integral

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An integral extension A⊂B need not give an integral extension AP∩A​⊂BP​. For example, take Z⊂Z[i] and P=(2+i), whose contraction is (5). The element 1/(2−i) belongs to Z[i]P​ but is not integral over Z(5)​: multiplying a hypothetical monic equation by a power of 2−i and reducing modulo the other Gaussian prime ideal (2−i) gives 1=0 in F5​. Localizing both rings by the same multiplicative subset does preserve integrality.

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