From 6bf4b90c90f15f4ab60833bddf5b5756d1a6b1f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elizabeth Alexander Hunt Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:55:17 -0700 Subject: Init --- Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_assn_12.org | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_assn_12.org (limited to 'Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_assn_12.org') diff --git a/Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_assn_12.org b/Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_assn_12.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6102c0a --- /dev/null +++ b/Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_assn_12.org @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +#+TITLE: Assignment Twelve +#+AUTHOR: Lizzy Hunt +#+STARTUP: entitiespretty fold inlineimages +#+LATEX_HEADER: \notindent \notag \usepackage{ dsfont } \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage[a4paper,margin=1in,portrait]{geometry} \usepackage{polynom} \usepackage{wasysym} +#+LATEX: \setlength\parindent{0pt} +#+OPTIONS: toc:nil + +* Section 6.3 +** Question One +$n = cd$ with some $1 < |c| < |n|$ and $1 < |d| < |n|$ since $n$ is composite, so $c$ and $d$ are not multiples of $n$. Therefore as $cd \in (n)$ but $c \notin (n)$ and $d \notin (n)$ then $(n)$ is not a prime ideal +by definition. + +** Question Five +Both $\mathds{Z}_6$ and $\mathds{Z}_{12}$'s maximal ideals are $(2)$ and $(3) +** Question Six +*** a +The only maximal ideal of $\mathds{Z}_8$ is $(2)$ since it is its prime divisor. + +Similarly, the only maximal ideal of $\mathds{Z}_9$ is $(3)$. + +*** b +In $\mathds{Z}_{10}$ the maximal ideals are $(2)$ and $(5)$, similarly for $\mathds{Z}_{15}$: $(3)$ and $(5)$. + +** Question Eight +Consider $(2) \cap (3)$ which generates $(6)$, and is not prime in $\mathds{Z}$; $3 \cdot 2 \in (6)$ but $3 \notin (6)$ and $2 \notin (6)$. + -- cgit v1.3