Prime Element - Examples

Examples

The following are examples of prime elements in rings:

  • The integers ±2, ±3, ±5, ±7, ±11,... in the ring of integers Z
  • the complex numbers, 19, and in the ring of Gaussian integers Z
  • the polynomials and in the ring of polynomials over Z.

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