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Nonprincipal ideal generated by a prime and an indeterminate ((p,X)⊂Z[X])

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For a prime number p, the ideal (p,X) in the polynomial ring Z[X] is proper: the constant coefficient of every member is divisible by p. If (p,X)=(g), then g divides the nonzero constant p, so the additivity of polynomial degree over an integral domain makes g constant. Since g also divides X, it must divide its leading coefficient 1; thus g=±1. This would make the ideal the whole ring, a contradiction. Therefore Z[X] is not a principal ideal domain, and hence not a Euclidean domain.

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