Paper 2, Section II, G

Groups, Rings and Modules | Part IB, 2018

(a) Prove that every principal ideal domain is a unique factorization domain.

(b) Consider the ring R={f(X)∈Q[X]∣f(0)∈Z}R=\{f(X) \in \mathbb{Q}[X] \mid f(0) \in \mathbb{Z}\}.

(i) What are the units in RR ?

(ii) Let f(X)∈Rf(X) \in R be irreducible. Prove that either f(X)=±pf(X)=\pm p, for p∈Zp \in \mathbb{Z} a prime, or deg⁡(f)⩾1\operatorname{deg}(f) \geqslant 1 and f(0)=±1f(0)=\pm 1.

(iii) Prove that f(X)=Xf(X)=X is not expressible as a product of irreducibles.

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