The ideal 〈x²+x+1〉 is generated by the polynomial x²+x+1, which is of degree 2. Therefore, the elements of the quotient ring Z2[x]/〈x²+x+1〉 will be the equivalence classes of polynomials of degree less than 2.
There are four such polynomials: 0, 1, x, and x+1.
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