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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 ii Paper 1 20H iii Solution by
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Write and . Since their common square-free discriminant is congruent to zero or one modulo four, it must be one modulo four; thus are odd. It is not a rational square because a square-free integer square is only zero or one. Both polynomials are irreducible over , and their roots generate the same quadratic extension . Their integral roots are and , respectively. Each generated order isthe usual ring of integers for square-free . This identifies both quotients with the same ring. Explicitly, if denotes the image of modulo , send the image of modulo to . Equal discriminants give , and the opposite translation gives its inverse. The two quotient rings are isomorphic.
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