English
In a commutative semiring, every nonunit a lies in some maximal ideal.
Русский
В коммутативном полуг ring существует максимальный идеал, содержащий неединицу a.
LaTeX
$$∃ I : Ideal α, I.IsMaximal ∧ a ∈ I$$
Lean4
theorem exists_max_ideal_of_mem_nonunits [CommSemiring α] (h : a ∈ nonunits α) : ∃ I : Ideal α, I.IsMaximal ∧ a ∈ I :=
by
have : Ideal.span ({ a } : Set α) ≠ ⊤ := by
intro H
rw [Ideal.span_singleton_eq_top] at H
contradiction
rcases Ideal.exists_le_maximal _ this with ⟨I, Imax, H⟩
use I, Imax
apply H
apply Ideal.subset_span
exact Set.mem_singleton a