Thread: Quotient ring and field of 9 elements

Hi guys, I need some help with the following exercise

Consider the Guassian intergers. Let J be an ideal of Z[i]. Prove that the quotient Z[i]/J is a field of 9 elements.


J=

I know the quotient is a field but I don´t know why is has 9 elements.

Originally Posted by orbit

Hi guys, I need some help with the following exercise

Consider the Guassian intergers. Let J be an ideal of Z[i]. Prove that the quotient Z[i]/J is a field of 9 elements.


J=

I know the quotient is a field but I don´t know why is has 9 elements.

Hmmm....how exactly do you know the quotient is a field?

Tonio

Originally Posted by tonio

Hmmm....how exactly do you know the quotient is a field?

Tonio

Because J es a maximal ideal.

Originally Posted by orbit

Hi guys, I need some help with the following exercise

Consider the Guassian intergers. Let J be an ideal of Z[i]. Prove that the quotient Z[i]/J is a field of 9 elements.


J=

I know the quotient is a field but I don´t know why is has 9 elements.

It's not that hard to literally exhibit the elements of the ring. I mean, if you look at the cosets aren't they just ?

sorry, I dont get it.

Originally Posted by orbit

sorry, I dont get it.

A quotient ring, if anything, is the quotient group of the abelian group underlying the ring, right? So, in particular by definition (the index), but I think you'll find that .

The part I dont understand is why a,b belongs to {0,1,2}....

suppose a = k+3m, b = n+3r.

then doesn't a+bi + J = k+ni + J?

Originally Posted by Deveno

suppose a = k+3m, b = n+3r.

then doesn't a+bi + J = k+ni + J?

Yes, are the same... But... what do I know from that fact?

what you know is that the coset a+bi + J is the same as a(mod 3) + b(mod 3)i + J. that is a,b = 0,1 or 2 (mod 3). this means we get exactly 9 (distinct) elements:

0+0i + J, 0+i + J, 1+0i + J, 1+i + J, 0+2i + J, 2+0i + J, 1+2i + J, 2+i + J, 2+2i + J.

Originally Posted by Deveno

what you know is that the coset a+bi + J is the same as a(mod 3) + b(mod 3)i + J. that is a,b = 0,1 or 2 (mod 3). this means we get exactly 9 (distinct) elements:

0+0i + J, 0+i + J, 1+0i + J, 1+i + J, 0+2i + J, 2+0i + J, 1+2i + J, 2+i + J, 2+2i + J.

Ok, thank u so much!

Originally Posted by orbit

Ok, thank u so much!

I sitll can´t figure out how did you manage to prove that ideal is maximal without finding out a little more

about how its elements look and, thus, how easy it is to deduce that we have a field with 9 elements...

Tonio

as Z[i] is an integral domain, to show J is maximal it suffices to show that J is:____?