Solution

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Because is a proper prime ideal, each is proper and its radical of an ideal is
Indeed, gives one inclusion of radicals of ideals, while gives the other.
We prove the saturation condition for a primary ideal: if and , then . For this is the defining property of a prime ideal. For , write . Since , the prime ideal condition gives . The element is a non-zero-divisor, so cancellation gives
Induction gives , hence . Together with the computed radical of an ideal, this proves

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