Monic irreducible integer-polynomial quotient is a domain
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For monic irreducible in , monic division gives an injection : an integer polynomial in the rational ideal has zero integer remainder. The target is a field, so the source is an integral domain. For positive degree , unique remainders make the source a free abelian group on . The nonzero integer is not a unit, since multiplying an integer remainder by two cannot give remainder one. Thus this integral domain is not a field.
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