An ideal of has the form for an ideal of . If is Noetherian, write
Then
so every ideal of is finitely generated. Hence
The Hilbert basis theorem states that is Noetherian whenever is Noetherian. The integers form a principal ideal domain, so every ideal of has one generator and is Noetherian. It follows that is Noetherian.
For a nonsquare integer , evaluation at gives
It is surjective and its kernel is . Therefore
is Noetherian by the quotient result. This is the noetherianity of a quadratic integer order.