Lasker ring

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A commutative ring in which any ideal has a primary decomposition, that is, can be represented as the intersection of finitely-many primary ideals. Similarly, an $A$-module is called a Lasker module if any submodule of it has a primary decomposition. Any module of finite type over a Lasker ring is a Lasker module. E. Lasker [1] proved that there is a primary decomposition in polynomial rings. E. Noether [2] established that any Noetherian ring is a Lasker ring.


[1] E. Lasker, "Zur Theorie der Moduln und Ideale" Math. Ann. , 60 (1905) pp. 19–116
[2] E. Noether, "Idealtheorie in Ringbereiche" Math. Ann. , 83 (1921) pp. 24–66
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