Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2024/ii/paper-4/20f/a/solution

If , then , so . The contraction is a nonzero prime ideal of containing the maximal ideal , hence equals . Conversely, if , every element of lies in , so the ideal it generates satisfies , equivalently .

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