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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 101 3 ii Solution by
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Let be maximal in and putThe Zariski lemma makes a finite extension of . Base change givesThis ring is nonzero because the field extension makes a faithfully flat module over . Choose a maximal ideal of the quotient, or equivalently a maximal ideal of containing . Its contraction to the rational polynomial ring contains and is proper, so maximality of forces
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