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Mathlib.RingTheory.DedekindDomain.GaussLemma

Gauss's Lemma for Dedekind Domains #

This file contains Gauss's Lemma for Dedekind Domains, which states that the content ideal of a polynomial is the whole ring if and only if the v-adic Gauss norms of the polynomial are equal to 1 for all v.

Given a polynomial p in R[X], the v-adic Gauss norm of p is smaller than 1 if and only if the content ideal of p is contained in the prime ideal corresponding to v.

Gauss's Lemma: given a polynomial p in R[X], the content ideal of p is the whole ring if and only if the v-adic Gauss norms of p are equal to 1 for all v.

In case R is PID, given a polynomial p in R[X], p is primitive if and only if the v-adic Gauss norms of p are equal to 1 for all v.