Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2023/ib/paper-3/10e/a/ii/solution

Suppose is prime in and divides in . It divides one factor in , say for . Write with primitive and . The product is primitive. Since
has all coefficients in , a denominator of would divide every coefficient of the primitive polynomial ; it must therefore be a unit. Thus , so and divides in . Hence is prime in .

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