Let $A$ be a commutative ring with an identity element $1$, let $a$ be an ideal of $A$, and $f: A \rightarrow A$ be any automorphism. Is it true that $ f(a)\subseteq a$.
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The image of an ideal under an automorphism is a subset of the same ideal
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Another (counter)example: take $A = \mathbb Z[i]$, $a = (2+i)A$, and $f$ to be complex conjugation.