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Nagata criterion for unique factorization domains

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Let A be an integral domain that is a Noetherian ring, and let x∈A generate a prime ideal. If the localization of a ring Ax​ is a unique factorization domain, then A is a unique factorization domain. Indeed, integrality of a/xn over A, with n minimal, forces x∣a and hence proves that A is an integrally closed domain. The Nagata theorem for divisor class groups then says that Cl(A) is generated by the height-one primes containing x; the only one is the principal prime (x), so Cl(A)=0.

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