TITLE: Projective Modules over the Ring of Trigonometric Functions
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: Let $ R = \mathbb{R}[ \cos x, \sin x] $ and consider the ideal $ \langle 1 - \cos x, \sin x\rangle $. Is this ideal a projective module over $R$ ?

REPLY [5 votes]: The ring $\mathbb{R}[\cos x, \sin x]$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb{R}[X,Y]/(X^2+Y^2-1)$ which is known as being a Dedekind domain, so all ideals are projective.