In commutative algebra , the Rees algebra or Rees ring of an ideal I in a commutative ring R is defined to be
R
[
I
t
]
=
⨁ ⨁ -->
n
=
0
∞ ∞ -->
I
n
t
n
⊆ ⊆ -->
R
[
t
]
.
{\displaystyle R[It]=\bigoplus _{n=0}^{\infty }I^{n}t^{n}\subseteq R[t].}
The extended Rees algebra of I (which some authors[ 1] refer to as the Rees algebra of I ) is defined as
R
[
I
t
,
t
− − -->
1
]
=
⨁ ⨁ -->
n
=
− − -->
∞ ∞ -->
∞ ∞ -->
I
n
t
n
⊆ ⊆ -->
R
[
t
,
t
− − -->
1
]
.
{\displaystyle R[It,t^{-1}]=\bigoplus _{n=-\infty }^{\infty }I^{n}t^{n}\subseteq R[t,t^{-1}].}
This construction has special interest in algebraic geometry since the projective scheme defined by the Rees algebra of an ideal in a ring is the blowing-up of the spectrum of the ring along the subscheme defined by the ideal.[ 2]
Properties
The Rees algebra is an algebra over
Z
[
t
− − -->
1
]
{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} [t^{-1}]}
, and it is defined so that, quotienting by
t
− − -->
1
=
0
{\displaystyle t^{-1}=0}
or t=λ for λ any invertible element in R , we get
gr
I
R
← ← -->
R
[
I
t
]
→ → -->
R
.
{\displaystyle {\text{gr}}_{I}R\ \leftarrow \ R[It]\ \to \ R.}
Thus it interpolates between R and its associated graded ring grI R .
Assume R is Noetherian ; then R[It] is also Noetherian. The Krull dimension of the Rees algebra is
dim
-->
R
[
I
t
]
=
dim
-->
R
+
1
{\displaystyle \dim R[It]=\dim R+1}
if I is not contained in any prime ideal P with
dim
-->
(
R
/
P
)
=
dim
-->
R
{\displaystyle \dim(R/P)=\dim R}
; otherwise
dim
-->
R
[
I
t
]
=
dim
-->
R
{\displaystyle \dim R[It]=\dim R}
. The Krull dimension of the extended Rees algebra is
dim
-->
R
[
I
t
,
t
− − -->
1
]
=
dim
-->
R
+
1
{\displaystyle \dim R[It,t^{-1}]=\dim R+1}
.[ 3]
If
J
⊆ ⊆ -->
I
{\displaystyle J\subseteq I}
are ideals in a Noetherian ring R , then the ring extension
R
[
J
t
]
⊆ ⊆ -->
R
[
I
t
]
{\displaystyle R[Jt]\subseteq R[It]}
is integral if and only if J is a reduction of I .[ 3]
If I is an ideal in a Noetherian ring R , then the Rees algebra of I is the quotient of the symmetric algebra of I by its torsion submodule.
Relationship with other blow-up algebras
The associated graded ring of I may be defined as
gr
I
-->
(
R
)
=
R
[
I
t
]
/
I
R
[
I
t
]
.
{\displaystyle \operatorname {gr} _{I}(R)=R[It]/IR[It].}
If R is a Noetherian local ring with maximal ideal
m
{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {m}}}
, then the special fiber ring of I is given by
F
I
(
R
)
=
R
[
I
t
]
/
m
R
[
I
t
]
.
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}_{I}(R)=R[It]/{\mathfrak {m}}R[It].}
The Krull dimension of the special fiber ring is called the analytic spread of I .
References
^ Eisenbud, David (1995). Commutative Algebra with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry . Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-78122-6 .
^ Eisenbud-Harris, The geometry of schemes . Springer-Verlag, 197, 2000
^ a b Swanson, Irena ; Huneke, Craig (2006). Integral Closure of Ideals, Rings, and Modules . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521688604 .
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