On the Construction of Gr\"obner Bases with Coefficients in Quotient Rings

Abstract

Let $\Lambda$ be a commutative Noetherian ring, and let $I$ be a proper ideal of $\Lambda$, $R=\Lambda /I$. Consider the polynomial rings $T=\Lambda [x_1,...x_n]$ and $A=R[x_1,...,x_n]$. Suppose that linear equations are solvable in $\Lambda$. It is shown that linear equations are solvable in $R$ (thereby theoretically Gr\"obner bases for ideals of $A$ are well defined and constructible) and that practically Gr\"obner bases in $A$ with respect to any given monomial ordering can be obtained by constructing Gr\"obner bases in $T$, and moreover, all basic applications of a Gr\"obner basis at the level of $A$ can be realized by a Gr\"obner basis at the level of $T$. Typical applications of this result are demonstrated respectively in the cases where $\Lambda=D$ is a PID, $\Lambda =D[y_1,...,y_m]$ is a polynomial ring over a PID $D$, and $\Lambda =K[y_1,...,y_m]$ is a polynomial ring over a field $K$.