A regular local ring is a local ring with maximal ideal so that can be generated with exactly elements where is the Krull dimension of the ring . Equivalently, R is regular if the vector space has dimension .
Regular Local Ring
See also
Krull Dimension, Local Ring, Localization, Regular Ring, RingExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Eisenbud, D. Commutative Algebra with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 242, 1995.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Regular Local Ring." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RegularLocalRing.html