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Let R be a Noetherian ring and let I be an ideal of R. We study when the Rees algebra of I satisfies the condition (S2) of Serre and, when this property is missing, to enable it in a finite extension of R[It].
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Noh, S., Vasconcelos, W.V. The S2-Closure of a Rees Algebra. Results. Math. 23, 149–162 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03323133
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