Noetherian Rings - Dummit and Foote - Chapter 15 - Exercise 2a

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The discussion revolves around Exercise 2(a) from Chapter 15 of Dummit and Foote, which asks participants to demonstrate that the ring of continuous real-valued functions on the interval [0, 1] is not Noetherian by providing an explicit infinite increasing chain of ideals. The scope includes mathematical reasoning and problem-solving related to ring theory.

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  • Peter requests assistance with the exercise, seeking a demonstration of the non-Noetherian property of the specified ring.
  • One participant suggests that the nth ideal can be defined as the set of continuous functions on [0, 1] that vanish on the interval [0, 1/n].
  • Another participant proposes an alternative solution by defining the nth ideal as the principal ideal generated by the function $$f_n(x)=x^{1/n}$$.
  • A subsequent post reiterates the same solution regarding the principal ideal generated by $$f_n(x)=x^{1/n}$$, noting a distinction between an algebraist's and an analyst's approach.

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Participants present multiple approaches to the exercise, indicating that there is no consensus on a single solution, but rather a sharing of different methods to demonstrate the non-Noetherian property.

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In Dummit and Foote Chapter 15 Exercise 2(a) on page 668 reads as follows:

Show that the following ring is not Noetherian by exhibiting an explicit infinite increasing chain of ideals:

- the ring of continuous real valued functions on [0, 1]I would appreciate help on this exercise.

Peter

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Peter said:
In Dummit and Foote Chapter 15 Exercise 2(a) on page 668 reads as follows:

Show that the following ring is not Noetherian by exhibiting an explicit infinite increasing chain of ideals:

- the ring of continuous real valued functions on [0, 1]I would appreciate help on this exercise.
You could take the n'th ideal to be the set of continuous functions on [0,1] that vanish on the interval [0,1/n].
 
Another solution. Let the nth ideal be the principle ideal generated by the function $$f_n(x)=x^{1/n}$$.
 
johng said:
Another solution. Let the nth ideal be the principal ideal generated by the function $$f_n(x)=x^{1/n}$$.
That is the algebraist's solution, mine was the analyst's solution. (Handshake) (Smile)
 

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