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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 136 1 a Solution by
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One form of the Hensel lemma is the following. Let be a complete discrete valuation ring with maximal ideal , and let . If satisfiesthen there is a unique with and .
Define . Since remains a unit, Taylor expansion givesso the valuations of the errors at least double. The corrections tend to zero, making a Cauchy sequence; completeness gives a limit , and continuity gives . If are two such roots, thenwith , so the second factor is a unit and .
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