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Nonprincipal ideal in the integers adjoined a square root of minus five
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Noetherianity of a quadratic integer order
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In
R
=
Z
[
−
5
]
, the
ideal
I
=
(
2
,
1
+
−
5
)
(1)
has additive index two. If
I
=
(
a
+
b
−
5
)
were principal,
multiplication
by its generator would give
[
R
:
I
]
=
∣
a
2
+
5
b
2
∣
=
2
,
(2)
which has no solution in
integers
. Thus
I
is not principal.
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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