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Prime ideals of a Boolean ring are maximal
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2024
/
ib
/
Paper 3
/
10E
/
a
/
ii
/
Solution
Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-25
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In
a
Boolean
ring
,
(
r
+
1
)
2
=
r
+
1
. Using
r
2
=
r
and
1
2
=
1
gives
r
+
2
r
+
1
=
r
+
1
,
(1)
so
2
r
=
0
for every
r
∈
R
.
(2)
If
R
is also
a
nonzero
integral
domain, then
r
(
r
−
1
)
=
r
2
−
r
=
0
(3)
forces
every
r
to equal
0
or
1
. Hence
R
≅
F
2
.
If
I
is prime in
a
Boolean
ring
, then
R
/
I
is
a
nonzero Boolean
integral
domain by part (
i)
, and hence is
F
2
. Since the
quotient
is
a
field
,
I
is maximal
.
(4)
This is the
prime ideals of a Boolean ring are maximal
property.
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