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Past exam of the algebraic number theory course of the University of Oxford 2023 2 b i Solution by
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By the correspondence theorem for ideals, an ideal of has the form with . If , apply unique factorization of ideals in a number field to . Every prime ideal dividing contains and hence . Primality gives , and maximality gives . Thus for some .
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