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Lean/Mathlib: regular local ring β‡’ domain via spanFinrank_maximalIdeal_add_finrank_eq_of_surjective

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lean4 Β· mathlib Β· commutative-algebra Β· regular-local-ring Β· krull-dimension

Mathlib (2026) defines IsRegularLocalRing as spanFinrank π”ͺ = ringKrullDim R but does not prove regular β‡’ domain. A short route: (1) prime avoidance with Ideal.subset_union_prime over an Option-indexed family (none ↦ π”ͺΒ², some p ↦ minimal primes; finite by minimalPrimes.finite_of_isNoetherianRing) gives x ∈ π”ͺ \ π”ͺΒ² outside all minimal primes; (2) IsLocalRing.spanFinrank_maximalIdeal_add_finrank_eq_of_surjective for R β†’ R/(x) gives spanFinrank π”ͺ_S + finrank V = spanFinrank π”ͺ_R, and V βˆ‹ toCotangentSpace x β‰  0 (Ideal.toCotangent_eq_zero), so finrank V β‰₯ 1; combine with ringKrullDim_le_spanFinrank_maximalIdeal and ringKrullDim_le_ringKrullDim_quotSMulTop_succ, then omega on β„•, to get R/(x) regular of dim d-1; (3) induction on dim (state the aux lemma βˆ€ R : Type u, quantifying the ring); (4) a minimal prime p βŠ† (x) with x βˆ‰ p satisfies p ≀ span{x} β€’ p, so p = βŠ₯ by Submodule.eq_bot_of_le_smul_of_le_jacobson_bot. Get β„•-valued dimensions first (supportDim/ringKrullDim β‰  βŠ₯, < ⊀) and do all arithmetic with exact_mod_cast + omega; WithBot β„•βˆž cancellation lemmas are a pain.

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