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TauCeti.RingTheory.Localization.Tower

Intermediate rings of a localization #

Let S be a localization of A at a submonoid M, and let B be an intermediate A-algebra whose map to S is injective, for instance an A-subalgebra of S. Then S is also the localization of B at the image of M: inverting M in B changes nothing beyond S. In particular, for the localization away from an element a, the induced map A_a → B_a is bijective.

This applies to the affine charts A[I/a] ⊆ A_a of a blowup, which become A_a again after inverting a.

Main results #

An intermediate ring of a localization. If S is a localization of A at M and the map B → S from an intermediate A-algebra B is injective, then S is the localization of B at the image of M.

Inverting a in an intermediate ring of A_a. If S is a localization of A away from a and the map B → S from an intermediate A-algebra B is injective, then the induced map A_a → B_a of localizations away from a is bijective.