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Discrete Valuation Rings

Valuation rings are available for the rational field and for rational function fields. For rational function fields, given an arbitrary monic irreducible polynomial $p(x) \in K[x]$, the valuation ring is

\begin{displaymath}O_{p(x)} = \{ {f(x) \over g(x)} : f(x), g(x) \in K[x], p(x) \!\not\vert\; g(x) \}.\end{displaymath}

Valuations corresponding both to an irreducible element and to $\infty$ are allowed.


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