Thread: Maximal Ideals

How would i go about finding a maximal ideal of a ring C[x,y] / (x²,y²). This is the easiest part of a question but how to do this bit escapes me.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Jutx

How would i go about finding a maximal ideal of a ring C[x,y] / (x²,y²). This is the easiest part of a question but how to do this bit escapes me.

Thanks

What about the ideal ? It is maximal and it does contain the ideal ...

Tonio