A Countable Prime Avoidance Theorem and Its Generalization to Prime Submodules – Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics

M. R. Pournaki, Sharif University of Technology. Date: 29th of March, 2024, Friday, Time: 13.00 – 14.00. Place: Dokuz Eylül Univ., Tınaztepe Campus, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, Classroom B255.

Abstract: One of the fundamental cornerstones of commutative ring theory is the prime avoidance theorem, which states that, if $\frak{p_1},\ldots,\frak{p_n}$ are prime ideals of $R$ and $\frak{a}$ is an ideal of $R$ such that $\frak{a}\subseteq {\bigcup_{i=1}^n} \frak{p_i}$ , then $\frak{a}\subseteq \frak{p_i}$ for some $1\leq i\leq n$ . In this talk, we give a proof for the countable version of this theorem due to Sharp and Vamos. The proof uses the celebrated Baire’s category theorem in metric spaces. We then discuss its generalization to the prime submodules.