On the Krull Intersection Theorem in Function Algebras

Abstract

A version of the Krull Intersection Theorem states that for Noetherian domains, the Krull intersection $ki(I)$ of every proper ideal $I$ is trivial; that is $$ki(I):=\bigcap _{n=1}^{\infty }{I}^n=\{0\}.$$ We investigate the validity of this result for various function algebras $R$, present ideals $I$ of $R$ for which $ki(I)\ne \{0\}$, and give conditions on $I$ so that $ki(I)=\{0\}$.

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