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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 ib Paper 4 9E Solution by
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Noetherian means every ideal is finitely generated, equivalently every ascending ideal chain stabilises. Quotients preserve this; for example is Noetherian as a quotient of but not a UFD. A UFD need not be Noetherian (a polynomial ring in infinitely many variables is a counterexample). Stabilisation of kernels proves every surjective endomorphism of a Noetherian ring injective. The shift , , , is surjective noninjective; on shows injective need not mean surjective. Finally is integer-valued. Finite differences prove uniquely that every integer-valued polynomial is an integral linear combination of the , so they are a -basis. Int is not Noetherian: the denominators in yield an ideal chain requiring new prime denominators.
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