Integral closure of Dedekind domains #
This file shows the integral closure of a Dedekind domain (in particular, the ring of integers of a number field) is a Dedekind domain.
Implementation notes #
The definitions that involve a field of fractions choose a canonical field of fractions,
but are independent of that choice. The ..._iff lemmas express this independence.
Often, definitions assume that Dedekind domains are not fields. We found it more practical
to add a (h : ¬IsField A) assumption whenever this is explicitly needed.
References #
- [D. Marcus, Number Fields][marcus1977number]
- [J.W.S. Cassels, A. Frölich, Algebraic Number Theory][cassels1967algebraic]
- [J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory][Neukirch1992]
Tags #
dedekind domain, dedekind ring
IsIntegralClosure section #
We show that an integral closure of a Dedekind domain in a finite separable field extension is again a Dedekind domain. This implies the ring of integers of a number field is a Dedekind domain.
Send a set of xs in a finite extension L of the fraction field of R
to (y : R) • x ∈ integralClosure R L.
If L is a finite extension of K = Frac(A),
then L has a basis over A consisting of integral elements.