# Difference between revisions of "Jacobson ring"

This article defines a property of commutative unital rings; a property that can be evaluated for a commutative unital ring
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This property of commutative unital rings is completely determined by the spectrum, viewed as an abstract topological space. The corresponding property of topological spaces is: set of closed points in any closed subset is dense

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## History

### Origin of the term

The term Jacobson ring was used by Krull in honour of Jacobson, who studied intersections of maximal ideals.

### Alternative terminology

The term Hilbert ring or Hilbertian ring is also used because such rings are closely related to the Hilbert nullstellensatz.

## Definition

### Symbol-free definition

The following are equivalent definitions of Jacobson ring.

No. Shorthand A commutative unital ring is termed a Jacobson ring or Hilbert ring if ... A commutative unital ring $R$ is termed a Jacobson ring or Hilbert ring if ...
1 prime as intersection of maximals every prime ideal in it is an intersection of maximal ideals. for every prime ideal $P$ of $R$, $P = \bigcap_{i \in I} M_i$ where $M_i, i \in I$ is the set of all maximal ideals of $R$ containing $P$.
2 radical as intersection of maximals every radical ideal in it is an intersection of maximal ideals for every radical ideal $J$ of $R$, $J = \bigcap_{i \in I} M_i$ where $M_i, i \in I$ is the set of all maximal ideals of $R$ containing $J$.
3 spectrum: closed points dense in the spectrum, the set of closed points in any closed set is dense in the spectrum $\operatorname{Spec}(R)$, any closed subset $C$ has the property that the set of closed points in $C$ is a dense subset of $C$.
4 quotient: nilradical equals Jacobson ring for every quotient ring, the nilradical equals the Jacobson radical for every ideal $I$, the quotient ring $R/I$ has the property that the nilradical of $R/I$ (i.e., the set of nilpotent elements, or equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals) equals the Jacobson radical (the set of elements such that 1 + any multiple of the element is invertible, or equivalently, the intersection of all maximal ideals).
5 localization a field implies a field for any prime ideal, if the quotient contains an element at which its localization is a field, then the quotient is itself a field. for any prime ideal $P$ and any $x \in R/P$, consider the localization of $R/P$ at the set of powers of $x$. If the localization is a field, then $R/P$ must itself be a field.

### Equivalence of definitions

The equivalence of the first three definition follows from the definitions of the terms involved. In particular, it uses the fact that in any commutative unital ring, any radical ideal is an intersection of prime ideals.

The equivalence with the fourth condition is termed Rabinowitch's trick.

## Metaproperties

Metaproperty name Satisfied? Proof Statement with symbols
polynomial-closed property of commutative unital rings Yes Jacobson is polynomial-closed Suppose $R$ is a Jacobson ring. Then, the polynomial ring $R[x]$ is also a Jacobson ring.
quotient-closed property of commutative unital rings Yes Jacobson is quotient-closed If $R$ is a Jacobson ring and $I$ is an ideal in $R$, then the quotient ring $R/I$ is also a Jacobson ring.

## Relation with other properties

### Stronger properties

Property Meaning Proof of implication Proof of strictness (reverse implication failure) Intermediate notions
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