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Mathlib.RingTheory.KrullDimension.NonZeroDivisors

Krull dimension and non-zero-divisors #

Main results #

theorem ringKrullDim_succ_le_of_surjective {R : Type u_1} {S : Type u_2} [CommRing R] [CommRing S] (f : R →+* S) (hf : Function.Surjective f) {r : R} (hr : r nonZeroDivisors R) (hr' : f r = 0) :

If R →+* S is surjective whose kernel contains a nonzero divisor, then dim S + 1 ≤ dim R.

@[simp]

If R is non-trivial, a polynomial ring in an infinite number of variables has infinite height, i.e. dim R[X₁, ...] = ∞.