$R={f(x)in mathbb{Q}[x] | f'(0)=0 }$ is not PID
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Suppose $R={f(x)in mathbb{Q}[x] | f'(0)=0 }$ subring of the principal domain $mathbb{Q}[x]$.
I have already proven that $x^2$ is irreducible in $R$. Since elements in $R$ have the form $f(x)=a_0 + a_2x^2 + a_3x^3+...+a_nx^n$ and hence if $x^2=ab$, one of them have to have degree 0, hence unit.
I have already proven that $(x^2)$ is not a prime ideal in $R$. Since $a=x^3$, $b=x^5$, $abin (x^2)$ and $a notin (x^2)$, $b notin (x^2)$.
Now I need to deduce that $R$ is not PID. It should be easy but I can not see it.
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Suppose $R={f(x)in mathbb{Q}[x] | f'(0)=0 }$ subring of the principal domain $mathbb{Q}[x]$.
I have already proven that $x^2$ is irreducible in $R$. Since elements in $R$ have the form $f(x)=a_0 + a_2x^2 + a_3x^3+...+a_nx^n$ and hence if $x^2=ab$, one of them have to have degree 0, hence unit.
I have already proven that $(x^2)$ is not a prime ideal in $R$. Since $a=x^3$, $b=x^5$, $abin (x^2)$ and $a notin (x^2)$, $b notin (x^2)$.
Now I need to deduce that $R$ is not PID. It should be easy but I can not see it.
ring-theory commutative-algebra principal-ideal-domains
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I think $x^{5} = x^{2}cdot x^{3}$ and $x^{3}in R$.
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– Seewoo Lee
Dec 13 '18 at 15:28
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@rschwieb I'm pretty sure $R = mathbb{Q}[x^2,x^3],(cong mathbb{Q}[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2))$ and $R/(x^2) cong R[y]/(y^2)$ via $x^3 mapsto y$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 16:11
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@TrevorGunn Yeah, I always forget about these crazy terms after $x^2$. You're probably right.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:22
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@TrevorGunn Well... I'm not so sure about what the quotient looks like now, but it's still true that $R=mathbb Q+I$ where $I$ is the subset of $mathbb Q[x]$ with lowest exponent at least $2$, right? Is that really what $mathbb Q[x^2,x^3]$ looks like? I always envisioned it as being more complicated.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:26
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@rschwieb That part is still true and there $I = (x^2, x^3)$. This ring shows up as a common problem in an algebraic geometry course (show that ${(t^2,t^3) : t in k}$ is a variety). It is clear that $x^3 - y^2$ vanishes on this set and given $(x,y)$ with $x^3 = y^2$ one sets $t = y/x$. From the representation $k[x^2,x^3] = k[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2)$, one computes $k[x^2,x^3]/(x^2) = k[y]/(y^2)$ and $k[x^2,x^3] = k[y]/(y^3)$. It should also be possible to get this by looking at derivatives of the parametric representation $(t^2,t^3)$.
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– Trevor Gunn
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Suppose $R={f(x)in mathbb{Q}[x] | f'(0)=0 }$ subring of the principal domain $mathbb{Q}[x]$.
I have already proven that $x^2$ is irreducible in $R$. Since elements in $R$ have the form $f(x)=a_0 + a_2x^2 + a_3x^3+...+a_nx^n$ and hence if $x^2=ab$, one of them have to have degree 0, hence unit.
I have already proven that $(x^2)$ is not a prime ideal in $R$. Since $a=x^3$, $b=x^5$, $abin (x^2)$ and $a notin (x^2)$, $b notin (x^2)$.
Now I need to deduce that $R$ is not PID. It should be easy but I can not see it.
ring-theory commutative-algebra principal-ideal-domains
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Suppose $R={f(x)in mathbb{Q}[x] | f'(0)=0 }$ subring of the principal domain $mathbb{Q}[x]$.
I have already proven that $x^2$ is irreducible in $R$. Since elements in $R$ have the form $f(x)=a_0 + a_2x^2 + a_3x^3+...+a_nx^n$ and hence if $x^2=ab$, one of them have to have degree 0, hence unit.
I have already proven that $(x^2)$ is not a prime ideal in $R$. Since $a=x^3$, $b=x^5$, $abin (x^2)$ and $a notin (x^2)$, $b notin (x^2)$.
Now I need to deduce that $R$ is not PID. It should be easy but I can not see it.
ring-theory commutative-algebra principal-ideal-domains
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I think $x^{5} = x^{2}cdot x^{3}$ and $x^{3}in R$.
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– Seewoo Lee
Dec 13 '18 at 15:28
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@rschwieb I'm pretty sure $R = mathbb{Q}[x^2,x^3],(cong mathbb{Q}[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2))$ and $R/(x^2) cong R[y]/(y^2)$ via $x^3 mapsto y$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 16:11
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@TrevorGunn Yeah, I always forget about these crazy terms after $x^2$. You're probably right.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:22
1
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@TrevorGunn Well... I'm not so sure about what the quotient looks like now, but it's still true that $R=mathbb Q+I$ where $I$ is the subset of $mathbb Q[x]$ with lowest exponent at least $2$, right? Is that really what $mathbb Q[x^2,x^3]$ looks like? I always envisioned it as being more complicated.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:26
1
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@rschwieb That part is still true and there $I = (x^2, x^3)$. This ring shows up as a common problem in an algebraic geometry course (show that ${(t^2,t^3) : t in k}$ is a variety). It is clear that $x^3 - y^2$ vanishes on this set and given $(x,y)$ with $x^3 = y^2$ one sets $t = y/x$. From the representation $k[x^2,x^3] = k[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2)$, one computes $k[x^2,x^3]/(x^2) = k[y]/(y^2)$ and $k[x^2,x^3] = k[y]/(y^3)$. It should also be possible to get this by looking at derivatives of the parametric representation $(t^2,t^3)$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 20:49
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I think $x^{5} = x^{2}cdot x^{3}$ and $x^{3}in R$.
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– Seewoo Lee
Dec 13 '18 at 15:28
2
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@rschwieb I'm pretty sure $R = mathbb{Q}[x^2,x^3],(cong mathbb{Q}[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2))$ and $R/(x^2) cong R[y]/(y^2)$ via $x^3 mapsto y$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 16:11
1
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@TrevorGunn Yeah, I always forget about these crazy terms after $x^2$. You're probably right.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:22
1
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@TrevorGunn Well... I'm not so sure about what the quotient looks like now, but it's still true that $R=mathbb Q+I$ where $I$ is the subset of $mathbb Q[x]$ with lowest exponent at least $2$, right? Is that really what $mathbb Q[x^2,x^3]$ looks like? I always envisioned it as being more complicated.
$endgroup$
– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:26
1
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@rschwieb That part is still true and there $I = (x^2, x^3)$. This ring shows up as a common problem in an algebraic geometry course (show that ${(t^2,t^3) : t in k}$ is a variety). It is clear that $x^3 - y^2$ vanishes on this set and given $(x,y)$ with $x^3 = y^2$ one sets $t = y/x$. From the representation $k[x^2,x^3] = k[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2)$, one computes $k[x^2,x^3]/(x^2) = k[y]/(y^2)$ and $k[x^2,x^3] = k[y]/(y^3)$. It should also be possible to get this by looking at derivatives of the parametric representation $(t^2,t^3)$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 20:49
1
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I think $x^{5} = x^{2}cdot x^{3}$ and $x^{3}in R$.
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– Seewoo Lee
Dec 13 '18 at 15:28
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I think $x^{5} = x^{2}cdot x^{3}$ and $x^{3}in R$.
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– Seewoo Lee
Dec 13 '18 at 15:28
2
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@rschwieb I'm pretty sure $R = mathbb{Q}[x^2,x^3],(cong mathbb{Q}[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2))$ and $R/(x^2) cong R[y]/(y^2)$ via $x^3 mapsto y$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 16:11
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@rschwieb I'm pretty sure $R = mathbb{Q}[x^2,x^3],(cong mathbb{Q}[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2))$ and $R/(x^2) cong R[y]/(y^2)$ via $x^3 mapsto y$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 16:11
1
1
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@TrevorGunn Yeah, I always forget about these crazy terms after $x^2$. You're probably right.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:22
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@TrevorGunn Yeah, I always forget about these crazy terms after $x^2$. You're probably right.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:22
1
1
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@TrevorGunn Well... I'm not so sure about what the quotient looks like now, but it's still true that $R=mathbb Q+I$ where $I$ is the subset of $mathbb Q[x]$ with lowest exponent at least $2$, right? Is that really what $mathbb Q[x^2,x^3]$ looks like? I always envisioned it as being more complicated.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:26
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@TrevorGunn Well... I'm not so sure about what the quotient looks like now, but it's still true that $R=mathbb Q+I$ where $I$ is the subset of $mathbb Q[x]$ with lowest exponent at least $2$, right? Is that really what $mathbb Q[x^2,x^3]$ looks like? I always envisioned it as being more complicated.
$endgroup$
– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:26
1
1
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@rschwieb That part is still true and there $I = (x^2, x^3)$. This ring shows up as a common problem in an algebraic geometry course (show that ${(t^2,t^3) : t in k}$ is a variety). It is clear that $x^3 - y^2$ vanishes on this set and given $(x,y)$ with $x^3 = y^2$ one sets $t = y/x$. From the representation $k[x^2,x^3] = k[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2)$, one computes $k[x^2,x^3]/(x^2) = k[y]/(y^2)$ and $k[x^2,x^3] = k[y]/(y^3)$. It should also be possible to get this by looking at derivatives of the parametric representation $(t^2,t^3)$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 20:49
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@rschwieb That part is still true and there $I = (x^2, x^3)$. This ring shows up as a common problem in an algebraic geometry course (show that ${(t^2,t^3) : t in k}$ is a variety). It is clear that $x^3 - y^2$ vanishes on this set and given $(x,y)$ with $x^3 = y^2$ one sets $t = y/x$. From the representation $k[x^2,x^3] = k[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2)$, one computes $k[x^2,x^3]/(x^2) = k[y]/(y^2)$ and $k[x^2,x^3] = k[y]/(y^3)$. It should also be possible to get this by looking at derivatives of the parametric representation $(t^2,t^3)$.
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Consider the ideal generated by $x^2$ and $x^3$ it is not principal.
Suppose that $(x^2,x^3)=(p)$, we have $x^2=ap, x^3=bp$ since $p$ is not invertible $deg(p)>0$, $deg(ap)=2$ implies that $deg(p)leq 2$, if $deg(p)=1$, $p'(0)neq 0$ impossible, $deg(p)=2$ and $deg(bp)=deg(b)+2=3$ this implies that $deg(b)=1$ impossible since $b'(0)neq 0$.
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Is there any test to see that it is not principal or you just have to compute it and see that it is not possible to generate it with one element?
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– idriskameni
Dec 13 '18 at 15:41
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Your example showing that $(x^2)$ isn't prime is not quite right: $x^5 = x^3 cdot x^2 in (x^2)$. What you want is $(x^3)^2 in (x^2)$. Then, once you have an irreducible element that doesn't generate a prime ideal, $R$ can't be a PID because this doesn't happen in PIDs. In a PID every irreducible element generates a prime ideal.
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+1 I was trying to come up with a pithy way of explaining $x^3$ is irreducible (or prime) to say just this, that $x^6$ has distinct factorizations.
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Consider the ideal generated by $x^2$ and $x^3$ it is not principal.
Suppose that $(x^2,x^3)=(p)$, we have $x^2=ap, x^3=bp$ since $p$ is not invertible $deg(p)>0$, $deg(ap)=2$ implies that $deg(p)leq 2$, if $deg(p)=1$, $p'(0)neq 0$ impossible, $deg(p)=2$ and $deg(bp)=deg(b)+2=3$ this implies that $deg(b)=1$ impossible since $b'(0)neq 0$.
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Is there any test to see that it is not principal or you just have to compute it and see that it is not possible to generate it with one element?
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– idriskameni
Dec 13 '18 at 15:41
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Consider the ideal generated by $x^2$ and $x^3$ it is not principal.
Suppose that $(x^2,x^3)=(p)$, we have $x^2=ap, x^3=bp$ since $p$ is not invertible $deg(p)>0$, $deg(ap)=2$ implies that $deg(p)leq 2$, if $deg(p)=1$, $p'(0)neq 0$ impossible, $deg(p)=2$ and $deg(bp)=deg(b)+2=3$ this implies that $deg(b)=1$ impossible since $b'(0)neq 0$.
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Is there any test to see that it is not principal or you just have to compute it and see that it is not possible to generate it with one element?
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– idriskameni
Dec 13 '18 at 15:41
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Consider the ideal generated by $x^2$ and $x^3$ it is not principal.
Suppose that $(x^2,x^3)=(p)$, we have $x^2=ap, x^3=bp$ since $p$ is not invertible $deg(p)>0$, $deg(ap)=2$ implies that $deg(p)leq 2$, if $deg(p)=1$, $p'(0)neq 0$ impossible, $deg(p)=2$ and $deg(bp)=deg(b)+2=3$ this implies that $deg(b)=1$ impossible since $b'(0)neq 0$.
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Consider the ideal generated by $x^2$ and $x^3$ it is not principal.
Suppose that $(x^2,x^3)=(p)$, we have $x^2=ap, x^3=bp$ since $p$ is not invertible $deg(p)>0$, $deg(ap)=2$ implies that $deg(p)leq 2$, if $deg(p)=1$, $p'(0)neq 0$ impossible, $deg(p)=2$ and $deg(bp)=deg(b)+2=3$ this implies that $deg(b)=1$ impossible since $b'(0)neq 0$.
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answered Dec 13 '18 at 15:29
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Is there any test to see that it is not principal or you just have to compute it and see that it is not possible to generate it with one element?
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Is there any test to see that it is not principal or you just have to compute it and see that it is not possible to generate it with one element?
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– idriskameni
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Is there any test to see that it is not principal or you just have to compute it and see that it is not possible to generate it with one element?
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Is there any test to see that it is not principal or you just have to compute it and see that it is not possible to generate it with one element?
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Your example showing that $(x^2)$ isn't prime is not quite right: $x^5 = x^3 cdot x^2 in (x^2)$. What you want is $(x^3)^2 in (x^2)$. Then, once you have an irreducible element that doesn't generate a prime ideal, $R$ can't be a PID because this doesn't happen in PIDs. In a PID every irreducible element generates a prime ideal.
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+1 I was trying to come up with a pithy way of explaining $x^3$ is irreducible (or prime) to say just this, that $x^6$ has distinct factorizations.
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Dec 13 '18 at 16:04
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Your example showing that $(x^2)$ isn't prime is not quite right: $x^5 = x^3 cdot x^2 in (x^2)$. What you want is $(x^3)^2 in (x^2)$. Then, once you have an irreducible element that doesn't generate a prime ideal, $R$ can't be a PID because this doesn't happen in PIDs. In a PID every irreducible element generates a prime ideal.
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+1 I was trying to come up with a pithy way of explaining $x^3$ is irreducible (or prime) to say just this, that $x^6$ has distinct factorizations.
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– rschwieb
Dec 13 '18 at 16:04
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Your example showing that $(x^2)$ isn't prime is not quite right: $x^5 = x^3 cdot x^2 in (x^2)$. What you want is $(x^3)^2 in (x^2)$. Then, once you have an irreducible element that doesn't generate a prime ideal, $R$ can't be a PID because this doesn't happen in PIDs. In a PID every irreducible element generates a prime ideal.
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Your example showing that $(x^2)$ isn't prime is not quite right: $x^5 = x^3 cdot x^2 in (x^2)$. What you want is $(x^3)^2 in (x^2)$. Then, once you have an irreducible element that doesn't generate a prime ideal, $R$ can't be a PID because this doesn't happen in PIDs. In a PID every irreducible element generates a prime ideal.
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+1 I was trying to come up with a pithy way of explaining $x^3$ is irreducible (or prime) to say just this, that $x^6$ has distinct factorizations.
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+1 I was trying to come up with a pithy way of explaining $x^3$ is irreducible (or prime) to say just this, that $x^6$ has distinct factorizations.
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+1 I was trying to come up with a pithy way of explaining $x^3$ is irreducible (or prime) to say just this, that $x^6$ has distinct factorizations.
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I think $x^{5} = x^{2}cdot x^{3}$ and $x^{3}in R$.
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@rschwieb I'm pretty sure $R = mathbb{Q}[x^2,x^3],(cong mathbb{Q}[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2))$ and $R/(x^2) cong R[y]/(y^2)$ via $x^3 mapsto y$.
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@TrevorGunn Yeah, I always forget about these crazy terms after $x^2$. You're probably right.
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@TrevorGunn Well... I'm not so sure about what the quotient looks like now, but it's still true that $R=mathbb Q+I$ where $I$ is the subset of $mathbb Q[x]$ with lowest exponent at least $2$, right? Is that really what $mathbb Q[x^2,x^3]$ looks like? I always envisioned it as being more complicated.
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@rschwieb That part is still true and there $I = (x^2, x^3)$. This ring shows up as a common problem in an algebraic geometry course (show that ${(t^2,t^3) : t in k}$ is a variety). It is clear that $x^3 - y^2$ vanishes on this set and given $(x,y)$ with $x^3 = y^2$ one sets $t = y/x$. From the representation $k[x^2,x^3] = k[s,t]/(s^3 - t^2)$, one computes $k[x^2,x^3]/(x^2) = k[y]/(y^2)$ and $k[x^2,x^3] = k[y]/(y^3)$. It should also be possible to get this by looking at derivatives of the parametric representation $(t^2,t^3)$.
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– Trevor Gunn
Dec 13 '18 at 20:49