The Group of Invertible Ideals of a Prufer Ring

Abstract

Let R be a commutative ring and I( R) denote the multiplicative group of all invertible fractional ideals of R, ordered by A <= B if and only if B subset of A. We investigatewhen there is an order homomorphism from I(R) into the cardinal direct sum G(i), where G(i)'s are value groups, if R is a Marot Prufer ring of finite character. Furthermore, over Prufer rings with zero-divisors, we investigate the conditions that make this monomorphism onto.