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Part BCSIR NET June 2025root-2-minus-1-is-a-unit-so-its-ideal-is-not-even-proper

Root 2 minus 1 is a unit so its ideal is not even proper

Which of the following statements is true?

  1. A.The ideal is maximal in .
  2. B.The ideal is maximal in .
  3. C.The set of all polynomials in whose coefficients add up to 0 is a maximal ideal in .
  4. D.The ideal is maximal in .

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests hypothesis dropped.

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The trap it tests

Hypothesis dropped

A theorem applied without checking one of its preconditions.

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Related counterexample: Every prime ideal is maximal

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The chapter behind this: Ideals, quotients and the Chinese remainder theorem — free to read

From Rings and FieldsIdeals, quotient rings, prime & maximal ideals, CRT

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