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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 101 2 iv Solution by
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Let be maximal in and let be its contraction. The ideal is maximal and contains . It is disjoint from : if with , then . The prime ideal correspondence for localization therefore defines the proper ideal , andis a field. Thus is maximal.
Conversely, let be the contraction to of a maximal ideal of . Then is maximal among ideals disjoint from . Since is disjoint from —otherwise an equation would put —maximality gives . If a proper ideal strictly contained in a maximal ideal of , then would also contain and hence remain disjoint from , a contradiction. Thus is maximal and contains .
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