Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / iii / Paper 101 / 5 / b / iii

Going up lifts every prime chain in $A$ to one in $B$, so $\dim B\ge \dim A$. Conversely, contracting a strict chain of primes of $B$ gives a chain in $A$, and the incomparability theorem for integral extensions ensures that no strict inclusion contracts to equality. Thus $\dim A\ge \dim B$, and