Condensed Domains

Abstract

AbstractAn integral domain D with identity is condensed (resp., strongly condensed) if for each pair of ideals I, J of D, IJ = {ij ; i ∈ I; j ∈ J} (resp., IJ = iJ for some i ∈ I or IJ = Ij for some j ∈ J). We show that for a Noetherian domain D, D is condensed if and only if Pic(D) = 0 and D is locally condensed, while a local domain is strongly condensed if and only if it has the two-generator property. An integrally closed domain D is strongly condensed if and only if D is a Bézout generalized Dedekind domain with at most one maximal ideal of height greater than one. We give a number of equivalencies for a local domain with finite integral closure to be strongly condensed. Finally, we show that for a field extension k ⊆ K, the domain D = k + XK[[X]] is condensed if and only if [K : k] ≤ 2 or [K : k] = 3 and each degree-two polynomial in k[X] splits over k, while D is strongly condensed if and only if [K : k] ≤ 2.