Paper 2, Section II, H

Number Fields | Part II, 2009

Suppose that KK is a number field of degree n=r+2sn=r+2 s, where KK has exactly real embeddings.

(i) Taking for granted the fact that there is a constant CKC_{K} such that every integral ideal II of OK\mathcal{O}_{K} has a non-zero element xx such that N(x)CKN(I)|N(x)| \leqslant C_{K} N(I), deduce that the class group of KK is finite.

(ii) Compute the class group of Q(21)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-21}), given that you can take

CK=(4π)sn!nnDK1/2C_{K}=\left(\frac{4}{\pi}\right)^{s} \frac{n !}{n^{n}}\left|D_{K}\right|^{1 / 2}

where DKD_{K} is the discriminant of KK.

(iii) Find all integer solutions of y2=x321y^{2}=x^{3}-21.

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