\chapter{Localization}
Before we proceed on to defining an affine scheme,
we will take the time to properly cover one more algebraic construction
that of a \emph{localization}.
This is mandatory because when we define a scheme,
we will find that all the sections and stalks
are actually obtained using this construction.

One silly slogan might be:
\begin{moral}
	Localization is the art of adding denominators.
\end{moral}
You may remember that when we were working with affine varieties,
there were constantly expressions of the form
$\left\{ \frac{f}{g} \mid g(p) \ne 0 \right\}$
and the like.
The point is that we introduced a lot of denominators.
Localization will give us a concise way of doing this in general.

\emph{Notational note}:
moving forward we'll prefer to denote rings by $A$, $B$, \dots,
rather than $R$, $S$, \dots.

\section{Spoilers}
Here is a preview of things to come,
so that you know what you are expecting.
Some things here won't make sense,
but that's okay, it is just foreshadowing.

Let $V \subseteq \Aff^n$, and for brevity let $R = \CC[V]$ be its coordinate ring.
We saw in previous sections how to compute $\OO_V(D(g))$
and $\OO_{V, p}$ for $p \in V$ a point.
For example, if we take $\Aff^1$ and consider a point $p$, then
$\OO_{\Aff^1}(D(x-p)) = \left\{ \frac{f(x)}{(x-p)^n} \right\}$
and $\OO_{\Aff^1, p} = \left\{ \frac{f(x)}{g(x)} \mid g(p) \ne 0 \right\}$.
More generally, we had
\begin{align*}
	\OO_{V}(D(g)) &= \left\{ \frac{f}{g^n} \mid f \in R \right\}
		\quad\text{by \Cref{thm:reg_func_distinguish_open}} \\
	\OO_{V,p} &= \left\{ \frac{f}{g} \mid f,g \in R, g(p) \ne 0 \right\}
		\quad\text{by \Cref{thm:stalks_affine_var}}.
\end{align*}

We will soon define something called a localization,
which will give us a nice way of expressing the above:
if $R = \CC[V]$ is the coordinate ring, then
the above will become abbreviated to just
\begin{align*}
	\OO_{V}(D(g)) &= R_{g} \\
	\OO_{V, p} &= R_{\km} \quad \text{where } \{p\} = \VV(\km).
\end{align*}
The former will be pronounced
``$R$ localized away from $g$''
while the latter will be pronounced
``$R$ localized at $\km$''.

Even more generally,
next chapter we will throw out the coordinate ring $R$
altogether and replace it with a general commutative ring $A$
(which are still viewed as functions).
We will construct a ringed space called $X = \Spec A$,
whose elements are \emph{prime ideals} of $A$
and is equipped with the Zariski topology and a sheaf $\OO_X$.
It will turn out that, in analogy to what we had before,
\begin{align*}
	\OO_X(D(f)) &= A[f\inv] \\
	\OO_{X,\kp} &= A_\kp
\end{align*}
for any element $f \in A$ and prime ideal $\kp \in \Spec A$.
Thus just as with complex affine varieties,
localizations will give us a way to more or less
describe the sheaf $\OO_X$ completely.

\section{The definition}
\begin{definition}
	A subset $S \subseteq A$ is a \vocab{multiplicative set}
	if $1 \in S$ and $S$ is closed under multiplication.
\end{definition}
\begin{definition}
	Let $A$ be a ring and $S \subset A$ a multiplicative set.
	Then the \vocab{localization of $A$ at $S$}, denoted $S\inv A$,
	is defined as the set of fractions
	\[ \left\{ a/s \mid a \in A, s \in S \right\} \]
	where we declare two fractions $a_1 / s_1 = a_2 / s_2$
	to be equal if $s(a_1s_2 - a_2s_1) = 0$ for some $s \in S$.
	Addition and multiplication in this ring
	are defined in the obvious way.
\end{definition}
In particular, if $0 \in S$ then $S\inv A$ is the zero ring.
So we usually only take situations where $0 \notin S$.

We give in brief now two examples which will be
motivating forces for the construction of the affine scheme.
\begin{example}
	[Localizations of {$\CC[x]$}]
	Let $A = \CC[x]$.
	\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
		\ii Suppose we let $S = \left\{ 1, x, x^2, x^3, \dots \right\}$
		be the powers of $x$.
		Then
		\[ S\inv A = \left\{ \frac{f(x)}{x^n}
			\mid f \in \CC[x], n \in \ZZ_{\ge 0} \right\}.  \]
		In other words, we get the Laurent polynomials in $x$.

		You might recognize this as
		\[ \OO_V(U) \text{ where } V = \Aff^1, \; U = V \setminus \{0\}. \]
		i.e.\ the sections of the punctured line.
		In line with the ``hyperbola effect'',
		this is also expressible as $\CC[x,y] / (xy-1)$.

		\ii Let $p \in \CC$.
		Suppose we let $S = \left\{ g(x) \mid g(p) \ne 0 \right\}$,
		i.e.\ we allow any denominators where $g(p) \ne 0$.
		Then
		\[ S\inv A = \left\{ \frac{f(x)}{g(x)}
			\mid f,g \in \CC[x], g(p) \ne 0 \right\}.  \]
		You might recognize this is as the stalk $\OO_{\Aff^1, p}$.
		This will be important later on.
	\end{enumerate}
\end{example}

\begin{remark}
	[Why the extra $s$?]
	We cannot use the simpler $a_1s_2 - a_2s_1 = 0$ since
	otherwise the equivalence relation may fail to be transitive.
	Here is a counterexample: take
	\[ A = \Zc{12} \qquad S = \{ 2, 4, 8 \}. \]
	Then we have for example $\frac01 = \frac02 = \frac{12}{2} = \frac61$.
	So we need to have $\frac01=\frac61$ which is only true
	with the first definition.
	Of course, if $A$ is an integral domain (and $0\notin S$)
	then this is a moot point.
\end{remark}

\begin{example}
	[Field of fractions]
	Let $A$ be an integral domain and $S = A \setminus \{0\}$.
	Then $S\inv A = \Frac(A)$.
\end{example}


\section{Localization away from an element}
\prototype{$\ZZ$ localized away from $6$ has fractions $\frac{m}{2^x 3^y}$.}
We now focus on the two special cases of localization we will need the most;
one in this section, the other in the next section.
\begin{definition}
	For $f \in A$, we define the \vocab{localization of $A$ away from $f$},
	denoted $A[1/f]$ or $A[f\inv]$,
	to be $\{1, f, f^2, f^3, \dots\}\inv A$.
	(Note that $\left\{ 1, f, f^2, \dots \right\}$ is multiplicative.)
\end{definition}
\begin{remark}
	In the literature it is more common to
	see the notation $A_f$ instead of $A[1/f]$.
	This is confusing, because in the next section
	we define $A_\kp$ which is almost the opposite.
	So I prefer this more suggestive (but longer) notation.
\end{remark}

\begin{example}
	[Some arithmetic examples of localizations]
	\listhack
	\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
		\ii We localize $\ZZ$ away from $6$:
		\[ \ZZ[1/6] = \left\{ \frac{m}{6^n} \mid m \in \ZZ,
			n \in \ZZ_{\ge 0} \right\}.  \]
		So $A[1/6]$ consist of those rational numbers whose
		denominators have only powers of $2$ and $3$.
		For example, it contains $\frac{5}{12} = \frac{15}{36}$.

		\ii Here is a more confusing example:
		if we localize $\Zc{60}$ away from the element $5$,
		we get $(\Zc{60})[1/5] \cong \Zc{12}$.
		You should try to think about why this is the case.
		We will see a ``geometric'' reason later.
	\end{enumerate}
\end{example}


\begin{example}
	[Localization at an element, algebraic geometry flavored]
	We saw that if $A$ is the coordinate ring of a variety,
	then $A[1/g]$ is interpreted geometrically as $\OO_V(D(g))$.
	Here are some special cases:
	\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
		\ii As we saw, if $A = \CC[x]$,
		then $A[1/x] = \left\{ \frac{f(x)}{x^n} \right\}$
		consists of Laurent polynomials.

		\ii Let $A = \CC[x,y,z]$.
		Then \[ A[1/x] = \left\{ \frac{f(x,y,z)}{x^n} \mid
			f \in \CC[x,y,z], \; n \ge 0 \right\} \]
		is rational functions whose denominators are powers of $x$.

		\ii Let $A = \CC[x,y]$.
		If we localize away from $y-x^2$ we get
		\[ A[(y-x^2)\inv] = \left\{ \frac{f(x,y)}{(y-x^2)^n} \mid
			f \in \CC[x,y], \; n \ge 0 \right\} \]
		By now you should recognize this as $\OO_{\Aff^2}(D(y-x^2))$.
	\end{enumerate}
\end{example}

\begin{example}
	[An example with zero-divisors]
	Let $A = \CC[x,y] / (xy)$
	(which intuitively is the coordinate ring of two axes).
	Suppose we localize at $x$:
	equivalently, allowing denominators of $x$.
	Since $xy = 0$ in $A$, we now have $0 = x\inv (xy) = y$,
	so $y = 0$ in $A$, and thus $y$ just goes away completely.
	From this we get a ring isomorphism
	\[ A[1/x] \cong \CC[x,1/x].\]
\end{example}

\section{Localization at a prime ideal}
\prototype{$\ZZ$ localized at $(5)$ has fractions $\frac{m}{n}$ with $5 \nmid n$.}
\label{sec:localize_prime_ideal}

\begin{definition}
	If $A$ is a ring and $\kp$ is a prime ideal, then we define
	\[ A_\kp \defeq \left( A \setminus \kp \right)^{-1} A. \]
	This is called the \vocab{localization at $\kp$}.
\end{definition}
\begin{ques}
	Why is $S = A \setminus \kp$ multiplicative
	in the above definition?
\end{ques}

%Warning: this notation sort of conflicts with the previous one.
%The ring $A_\kp$ is the localization with multiplicative set $A \setminus \kp$,
%while $A_f$ is the localization with multiplicative set $\{1,f,f^2,\dots\}$;
%these two are quite different beasts!
%In $A_\kp$ the subscript denotes the \emph{forbidden} denominators;
%in $A_f$ the subscript denotes the \emph{allowed} denominators.

This special case is important because we will see that
stalks of schemes will all be of this shape.
In fact, the same was true for affine varieties too.
\begin{example}
	[Relation to affine varieties]
	Let $V \subseteq \Aff^n$, let $A = \CC[V]$
	and let $p = (a_1, \dots, a_n)$ be a point.
	Consider the maximal (hence prime) ideal
	\[ \km = (x_1 - a_1, \dots, x_n - a_n). \]
	Observe that a function $f \in A$ vanishes at $p$
	if and only if $f \pmod{\km} = 0$, equivalently $f \in \km$.
	Thus, by \Cref{thm:stalks_affine_var} we can write
	\begin{align*}
		\OO_{V,p} &= \left\{ \frac{f}{g} \mid f,g \in A, g(p) \ne 0 \right\} \\
		&= \left\{ \frac{f}{g} \mid f \in A, g \in A \setminus \km \right\} \\
		&= \left( A \setminus \km \right)\inv A = A_\km.
	\end{align*}
	So, we can also express $\OO_{V,p}$ concisely as a localization.
\end{example}
Consequently, we give several examples in this vein.

\begin{example}
	[Geometric examples of localizing at a prime]
	\listhack
	\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
		\ii We let $\km$ be the maximal ideal $(x)$ of $A = \CC[x]$.
		Then \[ A_\km = \left\{ \frac{f(x)}{g(x)} \mid g(0) \ne 0 \right\} \]
		consists of the Laurent polynomials.

		\ii We let $\km$ be the maximal ideal $(x,y)$ of $A = \CC[x,y]$.
		Then \[ A_\km = \left\{ \frac{f(x,y)}{g(x,y)} \mid g(0,0) \ne 0 \right\}. \]

		\ii Let $\kp$ be the prime ideal $(y-x^2)$ of $A = \CC[x,y]$.
		Then
		\[ A_\kp = \left\{ \frac{f(x,y)}{g(x,y)} \mid g \notin (y-x^2) \right\}. \]
		This is a bit different from what we've seen before:
		the polynomials in the denominator are allowed to vanish
		at a point like $(1,1)$, as long as they don't vanish on
		\emph{every} point on the parabola.
		This doesn't correspond to any stalk we're familiar with right now,
		but it will later
		(it will be the ``stalk at the generic point of the parabola'').

		\ii Let $A = \CC[x]$ and localize at the prime ideal $(0)$.
		This gives \[ A_{(0)} = \left\{ \frac{f(x)}{g(x)} \mid g(x) \ne 0 \right\}. \]
		This is all rational functions, period.
	\end{enumerate}
\end{example}

\begin{example}
	[Arithmetic examples]
	We localize $\ZZ$ at a few different primes.
	\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
		\ii If we localize $\ZZ$ at $(0)$:
		\[ \ZZ_{(0)} = \left\{ \frac mn \mid n \ne 0 \right\}
			\cong \QQ. \]
		\ii If we localize $\ZZ$ at $(3)$, we get
		\[ \ZZ_{(3)} = \left\{ \frac mn \mid \gcd(n,3) = 1 \right\} \]
		which is the ring of rational numbers
		whose denominators are relatively prime to $3$.
	\end{enumerate}
\end{example}

\begin{example}
	[Field of fractions]
	If $A$ is an integral domain,
	the localization $A_{(0)}$
	is the field of fractions of $A$.
\end{example}


\section{Prime ideals of localizations}
\prototype{The examples with $A = \ZZ$.}
We take the time now to mention how you can
think about prime ideals of localized rings.
\begin{proposition}
	[The prime ideals of $S\inv A$]
	Let $A$ be a ring and $S \subseteq A$ a multiplicative set.
	Then there is a natural inclusion-preserving bijection between:
	\begin{itemize}
		\ii The set of prime ideals of $S\inv A$, and
		\ii The set of prime ideals of $A$ not intersecting $S$.
	\end{itemize}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
	Consider the homomorphism $\iota \colon A \to S\inv A$.
	For any prime ideal $\kq \subseteq S\inv A$,
	its pre-image $\iota\pre(\kq)$ is a prime ideal of $A$
	(by \Cref{prob:prime_preimage}).
	Conversely, for any prime ideal $\kp \subseteq A$
	not meeting $S$,
	$S\inv \kp = \left\{ \frac{a}{s} \mid a \in \kp, s \in S \right\}$
	is a prime ideal of $S\inv A$.
	An annoying check shows that this produces the required bijection.
\end{proof}
In practice, we will almost always use the corollary
where $S$ is one of the two special cases we discussed at length:
\begin{corollary}
	[Spectrums of localizations]
	Let $A$ be a ring.
	\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
		\ii If $\kp$ is a prime ideal of $A$,
		then the prime ideals of $A[1/f]$ are naturally
		in bijection with prime ideals of $A$
		\textbf{do not contain the element} $f$.

		\ii If $\kp$ is a prime ideal of $A$,
		then the prime ideals of $A_\kp$ are naturally
		in bijection with prime ideals of $A$
		which are \textbf{subsets of} $\kp$.
	\end{enumerate}
\end{corollary}
\begin{proof}
	Part (b) is immediate; a prime ideal doesn't meet $A \setminus \kp$
	exactly if it is contained in $\kp$.
	For part (a), we want prime ideals of $A$ not containing
	any \emph{power} of $f$.
	But if the ideal is prime and contains $f^n$,
	then it should contain either $f$ or $f^{n-1}$,
	and so at least for prime ideals these are equivalent.
\end{proof}
Notice again how the notation is a bit of a nuisance.
Anyways, here are some examples, to help cement the picture.
\begin{example}
	[Prime ideals of {$\ZZ[1/6]$}]
	Suppose we localize $\ZZ$ away from the element $6$,
	i.e.\ consider $\ZZ[1/6]$.
	As we saw,
	\[ \ZZ[1/6] = \left\{ \frac{n}{2^x 3^y} \mid n \in \ZZ,
		x,y \in \ZZ_{\ge 0} \right\}.  \]
	consist of those rational numbers whose
	denominators have only powers of $2$ and $3$.
	Note that $(5) \subset \ZZ[1/6]$ is a prime ideal:
	those elements of $\ZZ[1/6]$ with $5$ dividing the numerator.
	Similarly, $(7)$, $(11)$, $(13)$, \dots\
	and even $(0)$ give prime ideals of $\ZZ[1/6]$.

	But $(2)$ and $(3)$ no longer correspond to
	prime ideals; in fact in $A_6$ we have $(2) = (3) = (1)$,
	the whole ring.
\end{example}

\begin{example}
	[Prime ideals of $A_{(5)}$]
	Suppose we localize $\ZZ$ at the prime $(5)$.
	As we saw,
	\[ \ZZ_{(5)} = \left\{ \frac{m}{n} \mid m,n \in \ZZ,
			5 \nmid n \right\}.  \]
	consist of those rational numbers whose
	denominators are not divisible by $5$.
	This is an integral domain, so $(0)$ is still a prime ideal.
	There is one other prime ideal: $(5)$,
	i.e.\ those elements whose numerators are divisible by $5$.

	There are no other prime ideals:
	if $p \ne 5$ is a rational prime,
	then $(p) = (1)$, the whole ring, again.
\end{example}

\section{Prime ideals of quotients}
While we are here, we mention that
the prime ideals of quotients $A/I$
can be interpreted in terms of those of $A$
(as in the previous section for localization).
You may remember this from \Cref{prob:inclusion_preserving}
a long time ago, if you did that problem;
but for our purposes we actually only care about the prime ideals.
\begin{proposition}
	[The prime ideals of $A/I$]
	\label{prop:prime_quotient}
	If $A$ is a ring and $I$ is any ideal (not necessarily prime)
	then the prime (resp.\ maximal) ideals of $A/I$
	are in bijection with prime (resp.\ maximal) ideals of $A$
	which are \textbf{supersets of} $I$.
	This bijection is inclusion-preserving.
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
	Consider the quotient homomorphism $\psi \colon A \surjto A/I$.
	For any prime ideal $\kq \subseteq A/I$,
	its pre-image $\psi\pre(\kq)$ is a prime ideal
	(by \Cref{prob:prime_preimage}).
	Conversely, for any prime ideal $\kp$
	with $I \subseteq \kp \subseteq A$,
	we get a prime ideal of $A/I$ by looking at $\kp \pmod I$.
	An annoying check shows that this produces the required bijection.
	It is also inclusion-preserving --- from which
	the same statement holds for maximal ideals.
\end{proof}
\begin{example}
	[Prime ideals of $\Zc{60}$]
	The ring $\Zc{60}$ has three prime ideals:
	\begin{align*}
		(2) &= \left\{ 0, 2, 4, \dots, 58 \right\} \\
		(3) &= \left\{ 0, 3, 6, \dots, 57 \right\} \\
		(5) &= \left\{ 0, 5, 10, \dots, 55 \right\}.
	\end{align*}
	Back in $\ZZ$, these correspond to the three prime ideals
	which are supersets of
	$60\ZZ = \left\{ \dots, -60, 0, 60, 120, \dots \right\}$.
\end{example}

\section{Localization commutes with quotients}
\prototype{$(\CC[xy]/(xy))[1/x] \cong \CC[x,x\inv]$.}
While we are here, we mention a useful result from
commutative algebra which lets us compute localizations in quotient rings,
which are surprisingly unintuitive.
You will \emph{not} have a reason to care about this
until we reach \Cref{sec:convenient_square},
and so this is only placed earlier to emphasize that it's
a purely algebraic fact that we can (and do) state this early,
even though we will not need it anytime soon.

Let's say we have a quotient ring like
\[ A/I = \CC[x,y] / (xy) \]
and want to compute the localization of this ring
away from the element $x$.
(To be pedantic, we are actually localizing away from $x \pmod{xy}$,
the element of the quotient ring, but we will just call it $x$.)
You will quickly find that even the notation becomes clumsy: it is
\begin{equation}
	\left( \CC[x,y] / (xy) \right)[1/x]
	\label{eq:quotient_localization_before}
\end{equation}
which is hard to think about,
because the elements in play are part of the \emph{quotient}:
how are we supposed to think about
\[ \frac{1 \pmod{xy}}{x \pmod{xy}} \]
for example?
The zero-divisors in play may already make you feel uneasy.

However, it turns out that we can actually do the localization
\emph{first}, meaning the answer is just
\begin{equation}
	\CC[x,y,1/x] / (xy)
	\label{eq:quotient_localization_after}
\end{equation}
which then becomes $\CC[x, x\inv, y] / (y) \cong \CC[x,x\inv]$.

This might look like it should be trivial,
but it's not as obvious as you might expect.
There is a sleight of hand present here with the notation:
\begin{itemize}
	\ii In \eqref{eq:quotient_localization_before},
	the notation $(xy)$ stands for an ideal of $\CC[x,y]$
	--- that is, the set $xy \CC[x,y]$.

	\ii In \eqref{eq:quotient_localization_after}
	the notation $(xy)$ now stands for an ideal of $\CC[x,x\inv,y]$
	--- that is, the set $xy \CC[x,x\inv,y]$.
\end{itemize}
So even writing down the \emph{statement} of the theorem
is actually going to look terrible.

In general, what we want to say is that if we have our ring $A$
with ideal $I$ and $S$ is some multiplicative subset of $A$,
then \[ \text{Colloquially: ``}S\inv (A/I) = (S\inv A)/I\text{''}. \]
But there are two things wrong with this:
\begin{itemize}
\ii The main one is that $I$ is not an ideal of $S\inv A$, as we saw above.
This is remedied by instead using $S\inv I$,
which consists of those elements of those elements $\frac xs$
for $x \in I$ and $s \in S$.
As we saw this distinction is usually masked in practice,
because we will usually write $I = (a_1, \dots, a_n) \subseteq A$
in which case the new ideal $S\inv I \subseteq A$ can be denoted
in exactly the same way: $(a_1, \dots, a_n)$,
just regarded as a subset of $S\inv A$ now.

\ii The second is that $S$ is not, strictly speaking,
a subset of $A/I$, either.
But this is easily remedied by instead using the image of $S$
under the quotient map $A \surjto A/I$.

We actually already saw this in the previous example:
when trying to localize $\CC[x,y]/(xy)$,
we were really localizing at the element $x \pmod{xy}$,
but (as always) we just denoted it by $x$ anyways.
\end{itemize}

And so after all those words, words, words, we have the hideous:
\begin{theorem}
	[Localization commutes with quotients]
	\label{thm:localization_commute_quotient}
	Let $S$ be a multiplicative set of a ring $A$,
	and $I$ an ideal of $A$.
	Let $\ol S$ be the image of $S$
	under the projection map $A \surjto A/I$.
	Then
	\[ {\ol S}\inv (A/I) \cong S\inv A / S\inv I \]
	where $S\inv I = \left\{ \frac{x}{s} \mid x \in I, s \in S \right\}$.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
	Omitted; Atiyah-Macdonald is the right reference for these
	type of things in the event that you do care.
\end{proof}
The notation is a hot mess.
But when we do calculations in practice, we instead write
\[ \left( \CC[x,y,z]/(x^2 + y^2 - z^2) \right)[1/x]
	\cong \CC[x,y,z,1/x] / (x^2 + y^2 - z^2) \]
or (for an example where we localize at a prime ideal)
\[ \left( \ZZ[x,y,z]/ (x^2 + yz) \right)_{(x,y)}
	\cong \ZZ[x,y,z]_{(x,y)} / (x^2 + yz) \]
and so on --- the pragmatism of our ``real-life'' notation
which hides some details actually guides our intuition
(rather than misleading us).
So maybe the moral of this section is that whenever
you compute the localization of the quotient ring,
if you just suspend belief for a bit,
then you will probably get the right answer.

We will later see geometric interpretations of these facts
when we work with $\Spec A/I$,
at which point they will become more natural.

\section{\problemhead}
\begin{problem}
	Let $A = \Zc{2016}$, and consider the element $60 \in A$.
	Compute $A[1/60]$, the localization of $A$ away from $60$.
	\begin{sol}
		One should get $A[1/60] = \Zc{7}$.
	\end{sol}
\end{problem}

\begin{problem}
	[Injectivity of localizations]
	Let $A$ be a ring and $S \subseteq A$ a multiplicative set.
	Find necessary and sufficient conditions
	for the map $A \to S\inv A$ to be injective.
	\begin{hint}
		Consider zero divisors.
	\end{hint}
	\begin{sol}
		If and only if $S$ has no zero divisors.
	\end{sol}
\end{problem}

\begin{sproblem}
	[Alluding to local rings]
	Let $A$ be a ring, and $\kp$ a prime ideal.
	How many maximal ideals does $A_\kp$ have?
	\begin{hint}
		Only one!
		A proof will be given a few chapters later.
	\end{hint}
\end{sproblem}


\begin{problem}
	Let $A$ be a ring such that $A_\kp$ is an integral domain
	for every prime ideal $\kp$ of $A$.
	Must $A$ be an integral domain?
	\begin{hint}
		No. Imagine two axes.
	\end{hint}
	\begin{sol}
		Take $A = \CC[x,y] / (xy)$.
	\end{sol}
\end{problem}
