Assignment 10

Due Thursday, December 1, 2022

Problem 1

c.f. Exercise 8.1.7

Find single generators for the ideals \((85,1+13i)\) and \((47-13i, 53+56i)\) in \(\mathbb{Z}[i]\).

Problem 2

c.f. Exercise 8.1.10

Prove that the quotient ring \(\mathbb{Z}[i]/I\) is finite for any nonzero ideal \(I\) of \(\mathbb{Z}[i]\).

Problem 3

c.f. Exercise 8.2.1

Prove that in a PID two ideals \((a)\) and \((b)\) are comaximal if and only if the gcd of \(a\) and \(b\) is \(1\).

Problem 4

c.f. Exercise 8.2.7

An integeral domain \(R\) in which every ideal generated by two elements is principal is called a Bezout domain.

  1. Prove that the integral domain \(R\) is a Beztou Domain if and only if every pair of elements \(a,b\) of \(R\) has a gcd \(d\) in \(R\) that can be written as an \(R\)-linear combination of \(a\) and \(b\).

  2. Prove that every finitely generated ideal of a Bezout Domain is principal.

  3. Let \(F\) be the fraction field of the Bezout Domain \(R\). Prove that every element of \(F\) can be written in the form \(a/b\) with \(a,b \in R\) and \(a\) and \(b\) relative prime.

Problem 5

c.f. Exercise 8.2.8

Prove that if \(R\) is a PID and \(D\) is a multiplicatively closed subset of \(R\), then \(D^{-1}R\) is also a PID.

Problem 6

c.f. Exercise 8.3.11

Prove that \(R\) is a PID if and only if \(R\) is a UFD that is also a Bezout Domain.