Solution

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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 satisfies
then there is a unique with and .
Define . Since remains a unit, Taylor expansion gives
so 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, then
with , so the second factor is a unit and .

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