Dipartimento di Matematica, Istituto “G. Castelnuovo”, Università di Roma I, 00185 Roma, Italy
Abstract:
Let R be a globalized pseudo-valuation domain (for short, GPVD) with Krull dimension n. It is shown that the power series ring RX]] has Krull dimension n + 1 if and only if R has Arnold's SFT-property. There is also given a characterization of GPVD's with the SFT- property.