Quotient of a finite product of fields
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A quotient ring of a finite direct product of rings whose factors are fields is a product of a subset of those factors. By ideals of a finite product of rings, write . Since a field has only the zero ideal and the whole field as ideals, every is one of these. The ring homomorphism is surjective with kernel of a ring homomorphism , so the first isomorphism theorem for rings gives . Discard the zero ring factors. If no factors survive, the result is the zero ring.
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