Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 125 4 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For a reduced rational number with , the height of a rational number isCondition (i) holds because only finitely many coprime integer pairs have bounded maximum.
Condition (iii) also holds. The standard height inequalitygivesCondition (ii) fails: for positive integers ,whose absolute value is unbounded. Thus precisely conditions hold. This is consistent with although the additive group is not finitely generated.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 166 2 g Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Choose distinct prime numbers so large that , and setThe fraction is reduced, because neither nor divides . The height of a rational number therefore givesThe choice of proves the required strict inequality.