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Let $R$ be a finite commutative unitary ring. How to prove that each prime ideal of $R$ is maximal?

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Let $\mathfrak{p}$ be a prime ideal in $R$. Then $R/\mathfrak{p}$ is a finite integral domain, thus it is a field, hence $\mathfrak{p}$ is maximal.

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Let $R$ be commutative. We know that any maximal ideals is prime. Conversely, for any prime ideal $P$ of $R$, the quotient ring $R/P$ is a finite integral domain, so it is a field. Then in commutative finite rings, prime ideals are the same with maximal ideals.

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