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On the relation type of large powers of an ideal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Bernard Johnston
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431. U.S.A.
Daniel Katz
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 60045. U.S.A.
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Abstract

We prove that the relation type of all high powers of an ideal in a Noetherian ring is either one or two. It is one exactly when some power of the ideal is locally principal.

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Copyright © University College London 1994

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