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Mathlib.RingTheory.QuasiFinite.Polynomial

Quasi-finite primes in polynomial algebras #

R[X] is not quasi-finite over R at any prime.

theorem Polynomial.not_ker_le_map_C_of_surjective_of_quasiFiniteAt {R : Type u_1} {S : Type u_2} [CommRing R] [CommRing S] [Algebra R S] (f : Polynomial R →ₐ[R] S) (hf : Function.Surjective f) (P : Ideal S) [P.IsPrime] [Algebra.QuasiFiniteAt R P] :

If P is a prime of R[X]/I that is quasi finite over R, then I is not contained in (P ∩ R)[X].

For usability, we replace I by the kernel of a surjective map R[X] →ₐ[R] S.