Lemma 42.68.39. Let A be a Noetherian local domain of dimension 1 with fraction field K. For x \in K \setminus \{ 0, 1\} we have
d_ A(x, 1 -x) = 1
Proof. Write x = a/b with a, b \in A. The hypothesis implies, since 1 - x = (b - a)/b, that also b - a \not= 0. Hence we compute
d_ A(x, 1 - x) = d_ A(a, b - a)d_ A(a, b)^{-1}d_ A(b, b - a)^{-1}d_ A(b, b)
Thus we have to show that d_ A(a, b - a) d_ A(b, b) = d_ A(b, b - a) d_ A(a, b). This is Lemma 42.68.38. \square
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