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I have seen the phrase "minimal number of generators of an ideal" (in a Noetherian local ring) several times. I am unable to see how this is a well defined. Explicitly, how do we show, if $x_1,...,x_m$ and $y_1,...,y_n$ are minimal generating sets of an ideal in a Noetherian local ring, then $m=n$.

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