Paper 3, Section II, G
Part IB, 2013
Let be the polynomial ring in two variables over the complex numbers, and consider the principal ideal of .
(i) Using the fact that is a UFD, show that is a prime ideal of . [Hint: Elements in are polynomials in with coefficients in
(ii) Show that is not a maximal ideal of , and that it is contained in infinitely many distinct proper ideals in .