Let R be a commutative ring, / an ideal in R, and A an i?-module. We always have 0 £= 0 £ I(\~=1 I A £ f|ϊ=i JM. where S is the multiplicatively closed set {1 — i\ie 1} and 0 = 0s Π A = {α G A13S 6 S 3 sα = 0}. It is of interest to know when some containment can be replaced by equality. The Krull intersection theorem states that for R Noetherian and A finitely generated I Π*=i I A = Π~=i IA. Si...