Equivalent norms on rings If $F$ is a field, then it is a well-known result that the following are equivalent for two norms $|\cdot|_1$ and $|\cdot|_2$ on $F$:


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*Any sequence in $F$ is Cauchy with respect to $|\cdot|_1$ if and only if it is Cauchy with respect to $|\cdot|_2$.

*There exists some $\alpha > 0$ such that $|x|_1 = |x|_2^\alpha$ for all $x\in F$.
Is this still true in some sense for norms on rings? If so, could anyone give me a reference? I think the standard proof uses division at a couple of steps.
Thank you.

Just in case, from a norm on a ring I require that


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*$|x| = 0 \iff x = 0$.

*$|xy| = |x|\cdot|y|$ (in particular, there are no zero divisors).

*$|x+y| \le |x| + |y|$.


No. Take as ring the integers $\mathbb{Z}$ and as norms 
$|\cdot|_1$ the trivial norm, i.e. $|x|_1 = 1$ if $x \neq 0$, $|0|_1 =0$, and
$|\cdot|_2$ = the restriction of the usual absolute value.
Both define the discrete topology on $\mathbb{Z}$; in particular, for both norms Cauchy sequences are exactly the sequences that become constant after finitely many steps, so your condition 1 is satisfied. But apparently condition 2 is not. (Although almost: One could argue that $|x|_1 = |x|_2^0$.)
