Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-2-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2015/3/b/solution

The set contains zero. It is closed under negatives because whenever . If and , then
since is an ideal of . Also, any can be written with and , giving
This proves that is an ideal of .
Clearly , by taking denominator one. Conversely, if , then for some positive integer . The condition implies . Since is a prime ideal, forces . Hence
In particular, is nonzero because it contains the nonzero ideal , and it is proper: otherwise its intersection with would contain . This is the concrete extension of an ideal and contraction of an ideal calculation for the localization that inverts nonzero integers.

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