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1.6. HOMEWORK

Homework 1
1. Verify if the following ideals are prime and/ or maximal ideals:
(a) h5; X 3 + 2X + 3i Z[X];
(b) h4; X 2 + X + 1; X 2 + X 1i Z[X].
2. Let A = C[X, Y ]/hX 2 Y 1i.
(a) Prove that A is noetherian.
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(b) Prove or disprove: hX
+ 1i (Pb means the image of P in the factor ring) is a
prime ideal in A;
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(c) Prove or disprove: hX
+ Y i is a maximal ideal in A.
3. Let A be the ring with 8 elements, consisting in all matrices 3 3 from M2 (F2 )
(here, F2 is the field with 2 elements, usually denoted Z2 ), of the following type:

a 0 0
0 a 0
b c a
(a) Verify that A is a commutative ring.
(b) Prove that
A F2 [X, Y ]/hX 2 , XY, Y 2 i.
(c) Determine all the prime ideals of A.