Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 101 4 iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Pass to the integral extensionThe ring is an integral domain, and the ideal has zero contraction to the base. If contained a nonzero element , choose an integral equation for of least degree:Its constant term is nonzero, since otherwise the domain property would let us cancel and obtain an equation of lower degree. Butis a nonzero element of , a contradiction. Therefore and . This proves ideal contraction rigidity under an integral extension.