Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 1 9E ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Assume (ii), and let an -submodule be generated by . Choose a common nonzero denominator and write with . Repeated application of (ii) shows thatfor one element : the gcd at each step is a linear combination of the elements processed so far. Thereforeso (iii) holds. This is the finite-ideal property defining a Bézout domain.