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aisejohan committed Jul 9, 2014
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Expand Up @@ -14936,13 +14936,20 @@ \section{Regular sequences and depth}
\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma-regular-sequence-powers}
Let $R$ be a ring. Let $M$ be an $R$-module.
Let $f_1, \ldots, f_r \in R$ be $M$-regula.
Then for $e_1, \ldots, e_r > 0$ the sequence $f_1^{e_1}, \ldots, f_r^{e_r}$
is$M$-regular too.
Let $f_1, \ldots, f_r \in R$ be $M$-regular.
Then for $e_1, \ldots, e_r > 0$ the sequence
$f_1^{e_1}, \ldots, f_r^{e_r}$
is $M$-regular too.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
We will show that $f_1^e, f_2, \ldots, f_r$ is an $M$-regular sequence
We will prove this by induction on $r$.
If $r = 1$ this follows from the fact that a power of an $M$-regular
element is an $M$-regular element. If $r > 1$, then by induction
applied to $M/f_1M$ we have that $f_1, f_2^{e_2}, \ldots, f_r^{e_r}$
is an $M$-regular sequence. Thus it suffices to show that
$f_1^e, f_2, \ldots, f_r$ is an $M$-regular sequence if $f_1, \ldots, f_r$
is an $M$-regular sequence. We will prove this
by induction on $e$. The case $e = 1$ is trivial. Since $f_1$ is a
nonzerodivisor we have a short exact sequence
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