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 pZp \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.