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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 ib Paper 1 9E iv Solution by
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Choose nonzero of least degree with . If is its leading coefficient, then the top coefficient equation gives ; minimality applied after removing the top term forces . In , a nonzero annihilator therefore satisfies for every ; a prime divisor of divides all and , so the displayed gcd exceeds one.
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