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Integer polynomial ring is not a principal ideal domain (Z[X])

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The polynomial ring Z[X] is a unique factorization domain by Gauss lemma for polynomials, but its ideal (2,X) is not principal. Any generator would divide both 2 and X, hence be a unit: a divisor of 2 has degree zero, and a constant dividing X is ±1. Yet evaluation at zero followed by reduction modulo 2 annihilates the ideal and not 1. It embeds in the principal ideal domain Q[X], illustrating that the property need not pass to a subring.

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