Going up theorem

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Statement

This result is sometimes called going up and sometimes lying over and going up. It is a stronger version of lying over.

Suppose f:R→S is an injective homomorphism of commutative unital rings, such that S is an integral extension of R. Suppose P is a prime ideal of R, and Q1 is an ideal of S such that f−1(Q1)⊂P. Then, there exists a prime ideal Q containing Q1, such that f−1(Q)=P.

Proof

This follows from lying over, applied to the injective map R/f−1(Q1)→S/Q1.