Lemma 15.45.7. Given any local ring $R$ we have $\dim (R) = \dim (R^ h) = \dim (R^{sh})$.
Proof. Since $R \to R^{sh}$ is faithfully flat (Lemma 15.45.1) we see that $\dim (R^{sh}) \geq \dim (R)$ by going down, see Algebra, Lemma 10.112.1. For the converse, we write $R^{sh} = \mathop{\mathrm{colim}}\nolimits R_ i$ as a directed colimit of local rings $R_ i$ each of which is a localization of an étale $R$-algebra. Now if $\mathfrak q_0 \subset \mathfrak q_1 \subset \ldots \subset \mathfrak q_ n$ is a chain of prime ideals in $R^{sh}$, then for some sufficiently large $i$ the sequence
\[ R_ i \cap \mathfrak q_0 \subset R_ i \cap \mathfrak q_1 \subset \ldots \subset R_ i \cap \mathfrak q_ n \]
is a chain of primes in $R_ i$. Thus we see that $\dim (R^{sh}) \leq \sup _ i \dim (R_ i)$. But by the result of Lemma 15.44.2 we have $\dim (R_ i) = \dim (R)$ for each $i$ and we win. $\square$
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