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Monic irreducible integer-polynomial quotient is a domain (Z[X]/(p))

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For monic p∈Z[X] irreducible in Q[X], monic division gives an injection Z[X]/(p)↪Q[X]/(p): an integer polynomial in the rational ideal has zero integer remainder. The target is a field, so the source is an integral domain. For positive degree d, unique remainders make the source a free abelian group on 1,X,…,Xd−1. The nonzero integer 2 is not a unit, since multiplying an integer remainder by two cannot give remainder one. Thus this integral domain is not a field.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2005 / ib / Paper 3 / 11C / ii / Solution

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