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Let $R$ be a commutative (non-trivially) graded ring. By a non-archimedean valuation I mean a map $v: R \to \Gamma \cup {0}$ such that for all $x,y \in R$, we have $v(x+y) \leq \max\{v(x),v(y)\}$, $v(xy)=v(x)v(y)$ and $v(0)=0,v(1)=1$. Here $\Gamma$ is a totally ordered commputative group and $0 \leq g$ for all $g \in \Gamma$.

Now, one says two valuations $v,w$ are equivalent for all $x,y \in R$ $$v(x) \geq v(y) \iff w(x) \geq w(y).$$ Now, my question is, can I check two valuations are equivalent by just looking at homogeneous elements, in other words if for all $a,b$ homogeneous elements in $R$ we have $$v(a) \geq v(b) \iff w(a) \geq w(b)$$ can we deduce that $v,w$ are equivalent?

It wouldn't be suprised if the answer is no, but I don't know much about this. If the answer is indeed no, can one add some extra assumtions to $R$ to make this the case, e.g free or something.

Thanks

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Let $K$ be a field, and set $R=K[x]$ with the usual grading by degree. For each irreducible polynomial $p(x)\in R$, we get a valuation $v_p$ on $R$ given by $$ v_p(f)=2^{-\operatorname{ord}_p(f)}, $$ where $\operatorname{ord}_p(f)\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}\cup\{\infty\}$ is the power to which $p(x)$ occurs in the prime factorization of $f$. Suppose $p,q\in R$ are non-associate irreducibles, neither of which is associate to $x$. Then $v_{p}$ and $v_{q}$ are not equivalent, since $v_{p}(q)\geq v_{p}(1)$ but $v_{q}(q)<v_{q}(1)$. However, for every non-zero homogeneous element $f\in R$, we have $v_{p}(f)=v_{q}(f)=1$.

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