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Title of object: Krull valuation
Canonical Name: KrullValuation
Type: Definition

Created on: 2004-12-27 14:20:41
Modified on: 2007-02-22 11:10:10

Creator: pahio
Modifier: pahio
Author: pahio

Classification: msc:11R99, msc:12J20, msc:13A18, msc:13F30
Defines: value group, rank of Krull valuation, rank of valuation

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\textbf{Definition.} \,The mapping\, $|\cdot|: \,K\to G$,\, where $K$ is a field and $G$ an ordered group equipped with zero, is a {\em Krull valuation} of $K$, if it has the properties
\begin{enumerate}
\item $|x| = 0 \,\,\Leftrightarrow\,\, x = 0$;
\item $|xy| = |x|\cdot|y|$;
\item $|x+y| \leqq \max\{|x|,\,|y|\}$.
\end{enumerate}

Thus the Krull valuation is more general than the usual \PMlinkname{valuation}{Valuation}, which is also characterized as \PMlinkescapetext{{\em valuation of rank 1}} and which has real values.\, The image\, $|K\smallsetminus\{0\}|$\, is called the {\em value group} of the Krull valuation; it is abelian.\, In general, the {\em rank of Krull valuation} \PMlinkescapetext{means} the \PMlinkname{rank}{IsolatedSubgroup} of the value group.

We may say that a Krull valuation is \PMlinkname{non-archimedean}{Valuation}.

\subsection*{Some values}
\begin{itemize}
\item $|1| = 1$\,\, because the Krull valuation is a group homomorphism from the multiplicative group of $K$ to the ordered group.
\item $|-1| = 1$\,\, because\, $1 = |(-1)^2| = |-1|^2$\,\, and 1 is the only element of the ordered group being its own inverse ($S\cap S^{-1} = \varnothing$).
\item $|-x| = |(-1)x| = |-1|\cdot|x| = |x|$
\end{itemize}

\begin{thebibliography}{9}
\bibitem{Artin} {\sc Emil Artin}: {\em Theory of Algebraic Numbers}.\, Lecture notes.\, Mathematisches Institut, G\"ottingen (1959).
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