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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 1 25I b Solution by
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Use the Rabinowitsch trick. In the polynomial ring , considerIf were proper, it would lie in a maximal ideal. Part (a), together with algebraic closedness of , is the Weak Hilbert Nullstellensatz, so that maximal ideal would be evaluation at a point . We would then haveBut the hypothesis gives , a contradiction. Therefore is the unit ideal.
There are polynomials and such thatSubstitute in the localization . This gives ; clearing a power of yieldsThis is the Strong Hilbert Nullstellensatz inclusion .
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