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Describe the relevant topology on $\mathbb{Z}_p[[T]]$ and made explicit what is meant by a topological generator.

Is $1+T$ a topological generator for $Z_{p}[[T]]$?

Consider the ring of formal power series $\mathbb{Z}_p[[T]]$ (where $\mathbb{Z}_p$ denotes the ring of $p$-adic integers) with the topology in which a neighborhood basis for $0$ is given by the ideals $I_{n,m} = \left<p^n,T^m\right>$. Is $1+T$ a topological generator for $\mathbb{Z}_p[[T]]$ (i.e., is $\mathbb{Z}_p[[T]]$ the minimal closed subring containing $1+T$)?