Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/ib/paper-3/10g/i/solution

Assume that is a prime element. If , then divides , so divides or . If , write ; cancellation in the integral domain gives , so is a unit. The other case is symmetric. Hence every prime element is irreducible.

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