Paper 3, Section II, E

Groups, Rings and Modules
Part IB, 2017

(a) Define what is meant by a Euclidean domain. Show that every Euclidean domain is a principal ideal domain.

(b) Let pZp \in \mathbb{Z} be a prime number and let fZ[x]f \in \mathbb{Z}[x] be a monic polynomial of positive degree. Show that the quotient ring Z[x]/(p,f)\mathbb{Z}[x] /(p, f) is finite.

(c) Let αZ[1]\alpha \in \mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-1}] and let PP be a non-zero prime ideal of Z[α]\mathbb{Z}[\alpha]. Show that the quotient Z[α]/P\mathbb{Z}[\alpha] / P is a finite ring.