Paper 4, Section II, 20G

Number Fields | Part II, 2020

Let KK be a number field of degree nn, and let {σi:KC}\left\{\sigma_{i}: K \hookrightarrow \mathbb{C}\right\} be the set of complex embeddings of KK. Show that if αOK\alpha \in \mathcal{O}_{K} satisfies σi(α)=1\left|\sigma_{i}(\alpha)\right|=1 for every ii, then α\alpha is a root of unity. Prove also that there exists c>1c>1 such that if αOK\alpha \in \mathcal{O}_{K} and σi(α)<c\left|\sigma_{i}(\alpha)\right|<c for all ii, then α\alpha is a root of unity.

State Dirichlet's Unit theorem.

Let KRK \subset \mathbb{R} be a real quadratic field. Assuming Dirichlet's Unit theorem, show that the set of units of KK which are greater than 1 has a smallest element ϵ\epsilon, and that the group of units of KK is then {±ϵnnZ}\left\{\pm \epsilon^{n} \mid n \in \mathbb{Z}\right\}. Determine ϵ\epsilon for Q(11)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{11}), justifying your result. [If you use the continued fraction algorithm, you must prove it in full.]

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