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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ii Paper 4 20G a Solution by
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Evaluation at gives the ring isomorphismand reducing modulo givesFor each ,This quotient is a field because is irreducible. Hence is a nonzero prime ideal; it is nonzero because it contains . Its ideal norm is
The ideals are distinct. Indeed, if with , then both and would vanish in the same quotient. Since distinct monic irreducibles are coprime, a Bezout identity between them would make vanish there, a contradiction.
Because the chosen lifts satisfyfor some , evaluation at givesEvery generator of the product ideal either contains a factor or is the displayed product, soOn the other hand, multiplicativity of ideal norms and giveTwo finite-index ideals with one contained in the other and equal index are equal. Thus the Dedekind factorization theorem is proved in this monogenic case:
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