Commutative Algebra Assignment
Commutative Algebra Assignment
April 2025
2. Show that the zero ideal in the ring C[0, 1] of all continuous real-valued
functions defined on the closed interval [0, 1] is not decomposable, that is,
it does not have a primary decomposition.
3. Let R be a principal ideal domain which is not a field. Let G be an R-
module. Show that G has finite length if and only if G is finitely generated
and there exists r ∈ R with r ̸= 0 such that rG = 0.
4. Let (R, m) be a Noetherian local ring and M be a R-module. Then M
is of finite length if and only if M is finitely generated and mn M = 0 for
some n.
(a) a is m-primary.
(b) mn ⊆ a for some n ≥ 1.
(c) A/an is of finite length for every n ≥ 1.
(d) A/an is of finite length for some n ≥ 1.
(e) m is the only prime ideal containing a.
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10. If R is an integral domain with dim R < ∞ then show that dim(R/I) <
dim R for every nonzero ideal I of R. Give an example to show that this
need not be the case if R is not an integral domain.
11. Let Let
A = k[X1 , . . . , Xr ] (F )
be a graded ring, where the polynomial ring k[X1 , . . . , Xr ] carries the usual
grading by total degree and F is a homogeneous polynomial of degree
d ≥ 1. Determine the Hilbert polynomial of A.
12. Let A be a Noetherian ring, let M be a finitely generated A-module, let k
be a field, and let X, X1 , . . . , Xn be indeterminates. Consider the following
exercises: