Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/iii/paper-101/3/ii/solution

Let be maximal in and put
The Zariski lemma makes a finite extension of . Base change gives
This 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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