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Is height preserved in a normalization?

Let $R$ be a domain and $\tilde R$ its integral closure in its fraction field: $R\subset \tilde R\subset Frac(R)$. Is it true that a prime ideal $ \tilde {\mathfrak p} \subset \tilde R$ and its ...
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Can height one maximal ideals in the normalization contract to non-height one primes in the base?

Let $R$ be a local (Noetherian) integral domain of dimension greater than one. Can the integral closure (i.e. normalization) of $R$ have a maximal ideal of height one?
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When is normalization functorial?

Let $X$ and $Y$ be two irreducible, affine $\newcommand{\C}{\mathbb C}\C$-varieties. Let $f:X\to Y$ be a morphism. Denote by $u:\tilde X\to X$ and $v:\tilde Y\to Y$ their normalizations. Now, if $f$ ...
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Flatness of normalization

Let $X$ be a noetherian integral scheme and let $f \colon X' \to X$ be the normalization morphism. It is known that, if non trivial, $f$ is never flat (see Liu, example 4.3.5). What happens if we ...
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Doing explicit computations with coordinate rings

Suppose that we are given an integral $k$-algebra $A$ of finite type explicitly, by which I mean that we are given the generators of the defining ideal $J$ where $A = k[x_1,...,x_n]/J$. What kinds of ...
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Is weak normality stable under completion?

I'm curious if anyone knows a reference for the following. It seems like someone must have done this somewhere, but I couldn't find a reference. Recall that an excellent reduced noetherian ring $R$ ...
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What is the universal property of normalization?

What is the universal property of normalization? I'm looking for an answer something like If X is a scheme and Y→X is its normalization, then the morphism Y→X has property P and any ...
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