Bourbaki

Lemma 1

Tag 060V, permanent. Cite it as [Bourbaki, Tag 060V].

Algebra, chapter III, § 4. Tensor products of algebras

Let AA be a commutative ring, EE an AA-algebra, (xi)1≤i≤n(x_i)_{1 \leq i \leq n} a finite sequence of elements of EE, (λi)1≤i≤n(\lambda_i)_{1 \leq i \leq n} a finite sequence of elements of AA and yy an element of EE; suppose that

xiy=λiyxifor 1≤i≤n. x_i y = \lambda_i y x_i \quad \text{for } 1 \leq i \leq n.
Then
(x1x2…xn)y=(λ1λ2…λn)y(x1x2…xn). (x_1 x_2 \ldots x_n) y = (\lambda_1 \lambda_2 \ldots \lambda_n) y (x_1 x_2 \ldots x_n).

The lemma being trivial for n=1n = 1, we argue by induction on n≥2n \geq 2. Now

(x1x2…xn)y=(x1…xn−1)(xny)=(x1…xn−1)(λnyxn)=λn((x1…xn−1)y)xn, (x_1 x_2 \ldots x_n) y = (x_1 \ldots x_{n-1})(x_n y) = (x_1 \ldots x_{n-1})(\lambda_n y x_n) = \lambda_n ((x_1 \ldots x_{n-1}) y) x_n,
which, by the induction hypothesis, is equal to
λn(λ1…λn−1)y(x1…xn−1)xn=(λ1…λn−1λn)y(x1…xn−1xn), \lambda_n (\lambda_1 \ldots \lambda_{n-1}) y (x_1 \ldots x_{n-1}) x_n = (\lambda_1 \ldots \lambda_{n-1} \lambda_n) y (x_1 \ldots x_{n-1} x_n),
whence the lemma.

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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Transcribed from the printed edition, 1998, Springer. Not translated.