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8 beumse
In dt eave, we ke e= «6
From the deition of a prime del, we ee that whenever are to
Sealand then le oF 8. (Namaly, eb Cp impli ep or 8b)
Given to faetoristions
pipes
Into prime ideas, we eonelude that py divides the product om the right,
Duet divides ste gy, henoe is equal to some q. Multiplying by 0g!
‘oth side of the equity, we prose by indnston fo prove that r= &
snd hat the frtors on both sider ao qt, up to.a permutation.
nasa
eb fraetional ideal +0, and oo ie soch that ¢ =O and aco,
then (= byesBe and eh gyre de Hence has the fetariation
or
(oriting 1/p instead ofp"). If wo cane! any prime appeaing both in
the nutnerstor and denominator, then i x ler thatthe factorization
‘Fag aieying the proprtas of Theorem 2is called a Dedekind es
‘The ving of algcbrae laters in © numb fold Cis Dedekind ving,
‘een it slifas the the properties stad in Theorem 2.‘The ul
‘lative group af non-sre frstional ideals ofthe ng of lgebra tego
Se wll be denoted by Tr.
"From sow on, by factional ideal we sball mean non-zero fractional
Seay nl otherwise spel.
Tet A be a Dodekind ving and « fractional ideal. We have
factoaation
[re
vith integers yall Dut ite number of which are 0, We say tate
the order of eat. Ir, > 0, we any that basa nero at Mtr <0,
twesay that thas pole sty
“Lt a ba a notvano element of the quotient fd of A. ‘Then we cs
form th fastional ideal (2) ~ Aa and we apply the shove nations of
arr, a, and pole toa
m8) DIDEKIND news| a
Te andi ae two featona ideal then it isle hate > 6 an only
ord, & or 8forall primes. Thus we haves esiterion fora element
sto belong to'a fractional idol in terme of order (taking 6 — (a)
‘ord, a = 0, then wosss tht wis unit at. It that nthe a, then
sein a uni inthe oe! ving y
In what fll bya prime idea, wo hall mean a non-zero prime ies,
unless otherwise spose, and we cll nagar prime ideal snply &
Proposition 15, Let» be Dedekind ring with only a ite muber of
prime ideal. Then oe principal eal ring.
roof. Lt py. Be tho produ. Given any ideal
ery
‘let en clement xin but an in pf sad fad an leat a of o such
that
: em nod ¥P),
@
i a factorization ofthe ideal gonerated by «, then one een inmetintly
‘that ec re forall and henes that e = (a).
Proposition 16. Let A bea Deebind rng and S a alipizace rabict
of A. Then S14 ina Doisbin ring, The map
oa
ate
st a homomarphi of he group of rational ies of A ot the group of
Srctionl eas of S-*4, ond he Rernl cous of toe fativel tals
op A ahh mat 8
Prof. Ip mest 5, then
‘eens tin Sp. Hf 6 ae two ideas of 4, then
Sa) = (59,
So multiplication by S~* iaduees «© homamaephicm of the group of
(actions) Seal
If S¥a = 5A, then we can write 1 = a/¢ for some a Ea and #6 8.
‘Thus a= « and a mosts'S. Ths proves that the kernel of eur homo:
morphism is what weed2 scowente nreaEs me
‘Our soaping i surjective since we ain hat every ideal of S~EA
is of type Sa for some ideale of A. The sae apps of cour to fe
tional Heals, This proves cur proposition.
‘By principal fractional ideal we shall mes raetonal deal of type
cod, peri ty ingle element ain th qutint fl of A, and a > 0
Snlen otherwise specie,
Tet st be w Dedekind ring. ‘The group of fstins! ideals modulo the
croup of principal ideals (2. coo-sero principal actioal deat) scaled
{ho Idea elase group of A.
Proposition 17. Let A be a Dedekind rng, ond assume thal ie group
ef ite case fe, La yy be representative rational deal
thee clases et bbe acre of Ah ie al he
Tet Sethe mpc sun of A generated bythe panera of Then
oo eal of Se prone
‘Proof. All the ideals a, ---- 8; map on the unit eal in the homo-
‘morphism of Propation 16. Since every ideal ofA is equal to some a,
times a prilpal ideal, oar proportion follows from the surjectivity of
Proposition 18.
tt fractional ideals, 6 ein the same ideal class, wo write
sd we ay that re Hineaty equivalent. T¢is ler that every fru
onal ideal neatly equivalent to a del
"The seurptioos of Propsition 17 il be proved later tobe satis
‘by the ting of ators of an sgrie number Bld.
§7. Discrete valuation rings
{A discrete valuation ving oi principal ideal ing having unique
(oowsee) pre el This therefore lea ng Uf ea generator
form. ten it ust be the only reducible element of, ithe only pine
‘Senet (ince any ine slatint gooerstes = prime ideal) up tos Unity
fof eoure. ‘This the unique factorization in tn aratrary principal idea
‘ng har partiolarly simple farm inthis ease: Every element a > 0 of
bias aa expression
ith some integer 7, anda uit «ino
"Every discrete valuation rag is « Dodokind rng, and every Dedekind
ring having only one maa eal iso dicrete valuation rings It Ae
‘Dedekind ring, and p= prime eal of then Ay is «dere valution
aa Diseaso® vasuartose mises 28
fing, since itis equal to S14 (8 = complement of ia A) (et. Props
‘ion 1).
‘Since every ideal of a dierete valuation ving i piaipal, i must be
some power f the maximal ea.
Tn proving theoers about Dedekind ring, i a frequent useful to
Iocan with pect to one prin idea, in whieh ete ono btaiae a
crate valuation lng. For stance we have the folowing proposition,
Proposition 18. Let A bea Ddeknd ring nd M,N ho modus cor
Ip psa prime of Ay dente by Sy the mlipcace ot A peste
that S30 8) for al. Then ACN
Prog. Let a€M. Por ouch 9 we oun Sod fy © N and & © 8, such
‘that = /mp Let 6 be the Heal generated By the “Then bi the
‘nit ideal, td we can write
1= Die
‘th clamenta yy All bat fite numberof whith ae 0, Thi ils
= Dana Die
snd shows that ios in N, a dose,
fA is 9 discrete valuation ving, then in patil, ie prinepal
ea tng, nd any Sitely generated torsionfree module A over A is
fee. Wits rank em ad iyi the maximal ideal of, then 24754 le
{hee module of rank m
Proposition 19. Lat A be a loa! rng and Me fet male of rank
‘oer A. Let be te anal al of A. ‘Thon MiP de vcr pan of
Einesion ner Alo
Proof This
vious, because (1... 20) aa huseforM over A, 20
atm LAs see sum),
Apa = S(Ap\e leet sum,
‘whore #8 the reside ln of mod.
[Let A be a Dedekind ving, K ite quotient fold, L a ite eoprable
extensin of, aud B the intgrelelorue of in L, It ea prime eal
(fA, then pt an isa of B aod has a fetviaation
SBm BPR ED
into primes of B. Tes lear hate prime of Baccus in thie factorietion
tsa oly if is sbove
thena svonsaate nereoens ue
1 Sis the complement of pin 4, then malilyng th above fctovin-
tioa by $ giver ur the fctoaation of Spin S~*B, The primes SB
main distinc,
‘Bache scaled the ramsifeation index of $, ore, andi also writton
(3/0). If we smime that es lea ing, thon » = (x) is peaspal
(@ropostion 15. Let; be the complement of By i B and let
B= STB = Boy
‘Then 8, principal, resorted by an element x, and we have
Bs = 2B, = (2.
Waring: By i sot newezrly integral over Ay. Te if and only it
‘hore ets only one prime eal above pin B. Prove this as an exercise.
Denote by 1(4) the group of fractional dealt of » Dedekind ving A.
Leb K, 1, B be as shove. Then we havea natura injestion
Kay 18)
siren by a+ a, Wo shall define» homomorphiam inthe oter diteton.
Biles abovop in, we denote by fy or 8/0) the degre ofthe residue
las eld extension B/9¥ over A/p, and al the residue clase degree.
‘We dete the norm E(B) to be 9/8 and extend our map Nf to the
‘roup of fsetinal dese by mapieatvty.
Proposition 20. Lat A be a Deukind ring, K sty qutiont fel
KCBCL te Snite wparahle exersios, end ACBOC the core.
“ponding tower of ttre doves of Ain B and L. Latte a prime of
Bota primeofB lying eboney, ond @ a prime of C lyn above, Thon
ABO) = tHe)
10) = 08/04.
Prog. Obviows
From Proposition 20 it i lar shat th norm it transitive, Le if we
Ie national deal ¢ of, thes
Nivea = NEO.
Proposition 21, Let A be a Delekind ring, Kile quaint fd, Lea
inte eparable extn of K, and B the iigral clonare of is EL
Pee prime df d. Then
wxi= Eom
mer biscanee YALAMION BuNos %
Proyf. We can leslie st » (multiplying A and B by 557), and this
say eure thot diag diereta valuation ring. Tn that ea, 2 aa fee
tGodule of rakn = [LK] aver Ay and B/4B fe velar space of diene
don mover 4/p
Lat pl t= be the facorantion of pin 2. Since yt for
ach fe haves well-defined homomorphism,
B+ BAB B/E
snd eherefore homomorphism int the direc sum
Bape Tapes,
Bach 1/8 ean he viewed us an A/p-estor space, and hence 40 can the
Alret sum. ‘The kere of out homomorphisms const f thas elements
‘of B lying in ll tho 8, ands thorfore 9B. Furthermore, our map is
‘urective by the Chinew remainder theorem, Tein obwiouaty an A/p
homomorphism, and thus B/oB i A/esemorphiet the shore diets
‘We shal now deterine the dimension f B/G" Gf Bi rome By and
ea,
Tat 1 be a generator of Bin B. (Wo know rom Proposition 15 that
is principal) Tat bo an integer 1. We can view BP"! as an A/e
vector space, sno wc "E. We consider the map
Baw
induond by multiplying a element of B by 1. ‘This map ie an A/e
Domamorphism, which ie leary injective and curjatve, Hevee B/ snd
P/V" ae Apamortie
‘The A/pvector spce B/@" has a composition serie indued by the
induces
BIpa Bae
‘The dimension of B/ over /p fy by defisition. From hii fllons
that the dimension of B/ over ABs J, therchy proving our propos
ey = fa = 1for all, then one says that papite completely in
Tn that eae, ere are exactly (U:K] pres of lying above».
Corollary 1. Late bea fractional el of A, Then
wk(ap) =
Prof. Tmmeit.% suozenste wrEoEas wa
Corollary 2. Asse ha Lis Gai eer K. Then ol the ey ar ual
te these number Jor pal he fare ual othe eam mater f
or i), and
then
‘Proof. All the lying above pare conjugate to eachother, and hence
atl dh rtication nds aod reside lass agrees are equal The last
formule i lese
Corollary 3. Asean apa that Li Galois er K with gro, ond
at be prime of B ying ae 9 in A. Then
wig 2 = Tp ot= eto"
(with, fos in Corley 2, and he alo th if siewed as onde
En (33). ‘The number ef se oder of e dcomponton group of , and
aie ode of the ier ree
Prov. The group G operates tanlively onthe primes of B ying above
and the order of Gy isthe oder ofthe stropy group. Our aesetions
‘he Charfore obvious, taking into wosount Propeton 1 of 85.
Proposition 22. Let Abe @ Deetind ring, Kis quiet el, B Site
‘Zprabe extension of K, ond the intern doers of Ain E. Lal bbe @
[rchomal ideal of Bond annem © se printpal, b=), P40. Then
Ro = (WE),
the norm om the ft Ding the norm of «factional ea. deed oon,
tend he norm onthe rig beng the ual norm of elements of 8.
Proof. Lt Lb the smallest Gaol extosin of K containing #. ‘The
‘ort fom Leto B of bead of 9 simply ealss these to the power [b Bl
Since oor proposition etert an equality butween factional eli wll
fue to prove it when the extension ia Galois over K. Ta that ete it
follows at once fram Corllary 3 above.
Proposition 23. Lat A bea dcr sluaion ring, K te qe fd,
Latte spare exten of K, and B the idsgral ore of in Le
“Assume tha here ets oly one prine B of Bling abe the menimal
deat p of A. Let 3 beam ment of B euch ta erie cass mod
fevrates B/D yee Ap cd Hom lone of B which Ss of order at.
‘Then a, = B.
m8) xulore excroRt2ee108 oF & wx a
Prof. Lat be the ing A(t} Tecan be viewed a submodule of 2
‘over 4, and by Nakajama’s lena, applied tothe factor mode B/C,
{trl cafe 2 prove that
we
B.
But pt = en tho products generate 8/8 over A/a in Propo-
‘Ston 2. Hence every element Bis uch that
a= Devs (ed 98)
for some cy) € A. This proves ou propatition,
Falls, we prove one mote ret, generalizing the arguments of
Proposition 21,
Proposition 24. Let A bee Delind ring, and a a noma itl. Lat
fy only a. Tien te canorisl map
a-TLan
inducer on ismorphiom of Ae ont the product
Pro. "The map is sujetive aroring to the Chinewe reminder
heater, and tie ler hat it ee neatly
Corollary. Aseume that A/y i fast for ach prime ideal > Denote by
[Na the munter of elenente he reside le ring fas Then
Ne= Tw"
We obcervo thatthe function N can spy be viewed a8 Beng extended
‘tonne pie ele to ll retonal deals by multiple
8. Explicit factorization of a prime
We return to the dission at the end of §2 and give more preci
formation coneeting the splitting ofthe pene, de to Deeind.
Proposition 25. Let A be a Daehn rng with quotient fll K, Lat
bea nite separable extension af K. Let B bee intra ease of in E
tnd asume het B = al or one ened a. Let JX) be the reduce
polyoma of ocr K. Ley bea prime of 8. Leb] ete veucion of
{Fod py and let
1
Puy Pane2% svorsnase meron es)
be the factrisation of Tinka powers of reduce factors ower A= A/0,
ssh Lending ene 1. The
Bea DPT
te fcriation of in B 0 hate the amifaton ides of Be oe
tue have
B= PB POE,
1 PAX) e AIX paloma with Leading exci hose reduction
mod pis
Prof Let P be an iceducibe factor of] let be a oot ofP, an et
(p bo the prime of B which tbe kera of the map
Ale) Hal.
eis car that 9B + PleB is contained in ®, Convery, lat fa) €®
for some o(X) € AUX. Then J-= PA with some he A(X), and tence
{1 Ph wick ina polynomial with coofclnte nn fat has coco
fp. This proves the fevers inclusion and prove the let formula of our
proposition.
"lolly, let be the rtieation index of yo that
PB = Bie Be,
and lot be the residue class dogree [8/B.: A/T is elear that dis
the dagreo of P,. Sing fa) = 0, and since
ee
it folloms that
co Pala ---Pelal” €9B.
(nthe other hand, wes that
Wecw + PI"s,
whonce sing (9) we find
BE BY CRB Pyle" Pea) "B CoB = Bi
“This proves that, ¢ for alli, But we know that
Dats deg = [ESF] = Dede
It follows that «= «for all, thus proving ur theorem
a8) rmxricer racrommanios oF 4 paIMe »
FRemack. ‘The hypothesis that B = [a] for some a tno aye satin
fad, but if we are intrested inthe desompesition of a singe prime 9,
then teflon to look at the loeaisation By over iy ann that eae By
‘am be gunratd bya single element exept for a Bite numberof exp”
ous See Proposition 10 of Chapter II, $8
sample. Leto = 2, and let B= QJ). Tecan be shown that the
ng of algebraic integer os reiely Za), Let p= 5. Than we have
XP ae (KH EK — 1) (mods
and X7-4 2X — 1 in ievetusile mod 6, Hence the pre ideal (3) of Z
asthe decompaitin
ne = bite
whore py bas residue elas degre 1, ard gy has residue class degree
over 7/82.
§9. Projectice modules aver Dedekind rings
Akhough we shall ot use this ection farther in this book, we nelde
‘efor the convenlenes ofthe reer for cther posible applications. We
‘ecal from tale algebra that a module P over rng A ical projective
every exact souence of A-madules,
Ow MSP 0
_plits, i. thre exists homomorphism 9:P +A suc that J
Tsuch a case, we havea direct sum decompocition Mf = APP.
"We asume known th basic operation of loaliztion ofa module at
‘prime, leis defied in a manner sila to the Ielaation in 1
Propastion 26. Lt M be afi gonraed torsionfree module ove the
Dalen ring A. Phan Mi projet
Prog. Lat be a prime. ‘Then the localized module Af is Hritely
generated torsionfree over the local ring, whichis principal. Then
A, is projective, cot Fis nite fee over A and f:P -+ Mis suostive
homomorphism, we obtain an induced homomorphism: Fy» My,
hich has a spiting 5: Ay» By, namely Jyogp = iy, ‘There exists
Gye such that yd 9, AD = because (Mis fnitely gene
‘ated. The family} generates th it dels there ea iio number
of elements cy and elements Ze such that Sse, = Let
i
2S 5be» svorseate eerecens 98)
"Then 9:Al-+F is a homomorphism, and iti immediately verifed that
peas) eM = Mf 8 dy, for lp, whence fog: M > A i dy (vei
‘on lt tothe rede.
Proposition 27. Elementary dios theorem. Lat I a nowsee fly
generated peje module ener © Dedekind ring A. Then there exist
eal 9 (6 Aye?) ck tha
ae Oa
‘Tove ideas con Be 0 chasn that ea. forall, andar thon wine
etormine.
Prog). Lat K-be the quotient fald of A, ‘Tensoring M with K we
obtain nitedimensional vetar space V over K, whose dimension is
Called the rank of Hf and is denoted by r. The nataral map of Mf in
‘ESM injective 50 we may Wentity inside K OM. There exists
‘fonctonal LeHomg( df, A) auch that 2(A0) + (0) For instance, lt
ensee be a bas of V over K. A nonzero element of M can be
‘writen aia linear combination ofthis bass with sme non-zero coe
‘Gent say ve M2 ~ ny and x #O. Let 1~ be the projection onthe
Fah conliciet, ‘Then (3) ¢ (0) Aer multiplying by some noa-=r0
‘tment of A, we may asruue that 4(M) = A Let J(M) = These
Sh Mal, ad we have a mujetive homomorphism I — ving re to
tn met soquence
‘By Propaition 26, a projective, so Ma, GAC. We leave to the
reader to verity that the rank of Mis +1, so the prof of the fst
‘ateront is conladed by induction. 1 one tales for 1 functional such
‘hat aM) le marial anton al posible eas obtained at above, then
the inductive sequence of ideals oy...» which one obtains sais
tine forall The uniquenes fallows by localizing at primes, and
ftvoling the corespondinguniquenes aver principal ings, which part
of wandard algebra
CHAPTER 1
Completions
‘This chaptor intreduees tho completions of number fis under the
‘adie topeogs, and also the complations abtaned by embedding the
‘umber eld ato the ral o complex numbers
Tn §8 we disous the ough structure of completa Sls
I Had §8 we cover the basi acts eomeeruing unramiied tnd tamely
amid extnsona.” For Uhe higher ramieation thors, we refer the
reader to (APT 67]. In $4 and §5 we deal with complete Dedekind rings
‘We define the notions of % unramifed, tare rami, and totally
ramified above p. These canal be defined lobelly, since they wll depend.
‘only on the raifeaton index and residue les doen However, inthe
Teel ese me ean also spply them tothe fel extension, sine teach
faite extension of the round fed K there i exactly ous * above
‘eis useful to think of Gait extensions of » umber field ae coverings,
sud of completion ne analogous to powerseves els in the tary of
funtion Abwolue vlues mesure something ike Ue ods of «#0 oF
pole of funetion,
81. Definitions and completions
et K bes ld. An absolute value on K isa real valued fonetion|
2 [ag om satsiying the following thre proper
AV. Wedare [ly & O and = 0 if and only fx = 0
AV, For oll, y @ Kw hae
AV. [eb le S flet ble
instead of AV 3 the abuaute value ats the stronger conditon|
AVA. [etal S my id,
then we shall say that ts «valuation or tha its non-aechimedea.
"The abeolus Yale which fs such that [e|~ 1 forall z <0 is eld
trivial, We shall ansume from now on that none of the sbolute vale
sve dea with are til
ahiPy ccournssi0ns| oman
‘Whon is iced throughout» disousion, we omit i fom the notation,
sand write [intend of ne
"An absolute ral || foes distance fnetion (,y) ++ [2 ~ yy and
‘thas topology on the eld. ‘To (ann-triil) able vals ar called
‘dependent if they define the sane topology. I they do nat they sre
‘iin independent. 1 clea hats and | are ails sales euch
fh thre exe ve > 0 for which
beh
then they ave dependent. The cnseree i al fru, and wu the weskest
totion of depentenceinplita dh strongest. Thi eal cen e lous
‘The set of 22 sch that [xy <1 8 tho sume as the set such that
lige =O for n> a, ‘Thon if z= and [oy > 1 we conde that
lef > Hale, beeabef], <1. Sogo the absolute values are aemmed
to bewontiva her existe y © such tat [yy > 1, Leta jy and
Tet b= ple Let ze, 2 0. Say fl 2 1, Then fly = [lf for some
£0. Im wo ntgers > Ouch tht n/n > a, we have
eB auzex,
lel Wi
From thie follows iamediataly that
=
where A= (logs) /(lg2, thus proving our erin,
{Let «bo an atcolute val on K. We say that K is complete if every
‘cay sequen in ar » limit (Le. converges). Suppose that K is
‘completa ad et bes ite extension af K-Assume that we have ex
‘ended the absolute vale to Binsome way. Sogo Bisa faite dimensional
‘tor epuce over K, it ery to verify hat all extnsons of» to are
Cauvalnt, and we tall recall the proof below. Sino two of them are
Dstive powers ofeach oer, and since they eoluede on, we conclude
‘hat they mast be equal. Thus we gt
14K comple wero abt a, thn a ertonson of he aerate
alae to 0 fine extoain to auly dered. In para, if Bie 0
a0) DERSEMONS <0 coMRLETIONS =
nile eclosion of K and: 08 an iemorphion of B oer Ken
‘al
for ewry 2B.
‘We now recall the ret sbout finite dimensional vetor spot over
compete elds.
Late complete with epetton abt alae, Let V ba fie cimen-
sional sector space ewer Thon all norms on are ouitaln
By a norm on ¥ wo mesa ofcourse futon which stisis the sane
propertiea a2 an cbolute value, namely its values are rel 2 0, and
[2] > Olt = £0, de triangle inequality holds, camely
betel shlthi
fel = Id cebrey.
We aay that tro norms are equivalent if ech axel than oF equal
toa postive constant ties the othe,
"Tho ear ean reer tomy Alpha fora prof inthe general ate. We
ve hare slightly simpler ergumont valid when Fis leally eompset,
Irkih tho oly case that matters for thi ok. Let fay. aq) bea
base fr V over and lt [| be the rp norm ith resect to this basin
‘We let | beany other norm. If 2.@ Vand 2 € are ite coordinates with
respect our ass then
lat + nul 5 Cle,
‘whore € = w -eup la. This proves one inoquaity, and shows thatthe
‘orm || is cotinvoas with rept to]. Hance [| ae « minimam on
‘the uit phere with respect to | | (by Tos! eompactoes), say at the
palate, 20 dst
sod we have
Msi ze ¥, fo}
Lat ye Vy Oand write
mies boot ae wek
ats euch thot|yj = mx = fy. Thony — seth} = ty aad
bse
lured = Wia courses ana
follows ehat
toils bl
that proving the other inoguality, ani eoseluding the proot of our
‘The veto pace Vike napace over with rspet tothe sup norm,
snd is ths eomploe with pent to the sup norm, bsuus 2 sequece in
Vie Cauchy if sad only ifthe snquences of eoordinstes with respec: to
{he gvea bas re Cay (08). From the equlvaleneo of any nara with
the sup acti, a eimelude that V sr somplte wk reaped to oy norm.
All ofthis applica to's finite extnson off, which maybe viewed se =
oem yet epace over k
‘We shall be mrt conerned withthe following examples
Vet = Q be the satloal numbers, ‘Then ‘we have the ordinary
sacle vlan.
For cach prime number p we have the patie vation #y = [ly de>
{ino bythe formula
vray = Wi,
‘whore ri an integer, and im, abe integers» 0 and nt divisble by p
“et o be adore valuation sng with maximal ial m, generated by
tan lement Every noo-trosasent of the quotient eld K of e
‘be written inthe form a= au, where san integer ad wis «uit ino
‘We all r tho onder of = Iet'e be postive res! number, 0 Of sein Ma
(2) oi) ~ Lora int faite uber ovine
0) Ife dete alain en te xi an clea
‘that efe) = Jal. ae
We shal satis wrt or stead of), al when we
saath re te” ocean ae
He = ee
Wie deve the koi o simply size of our Myvi tobe
He = leo
“plete by Hf thet of cents ha fr ach 96M
bei.
sch clement « <'* determines an M-dviur whose values i imply
lale The product of two Scivisre is an friar abd fe at
M-avisr then ae the Miva euch that
(a) = lal
In view of the product fanaa, we bave
Hela = ft
Tnother nerds, thesis isthe amo thesia of.
If aed, then Lor) and L(Q) ae in eanosia! bition ander the
mapping
een rel)
We denote the numberof elements of L(@) by Mo. Then
Me) = 6.
ve think of a presaibing the sides of «box, all bt «fit numberof
which ae 1, then 6) may be interpreted asthe number of eld elements
inthe box. The eof uy be interpreted a the vo ofthe box. We12 eanautsvotoens wm
tall now prove tht dhe numberof elements inthe box is approximately
‘eal to the volume. In the next ection, we shall oblain stronget
‘ymptotie result, by diferent methods.
‘Theorem 0. Let kb a number fed. There exe two number ey e4 > 0
Aepending only mb such hat for any Misisnr ee bate
elle <0 5 sup Oh alee
Proof. Suppote that theta at Instone complex sbotut value Hy in
MWe ieatfy wth the complex plane, aod conser the square
cotered at the oii, wih sides of length 2). Lat me be an intoger
sich that
mc nol smth
‘Without los of goeraty, we may escme that 0 and som 1,
(Cut up each side of the are int m equal prt, thos giving rin tom
small squares inside the gone, Our st [0 i embedded inside the big
quar st fy. Bice it eotains mare than m? elements, there exist two
Ata elements zy ¢L(9 ving in tho amo small square. Hence we
‘an estimate ther dileence by
BVP civ)
tn
1¢ vis any other erehmedoen absolute vale ff, then
= ve 5200,
niteneestin te
oaks,
oe
= Ihe
athe Se
with ate cantatas (m+) dt th nguyen he
Fata Toren floes ined
1 thers no complex abscte val in, then we proceed in asinilar
‘manner sig a ea ope and cut up the interval cstared atthe ign
‘of log 2) into m equal pats, giving rise tom small intervals, with
men sm+l.
‘The anguments then proceed i the sme wey.
vn sm reoovor romcia 109,
Lat ws prove the other inequity. Lat wy... ay be bass fora,
overZ. Put
60 = N ups ay
‘he sup bing taken over the archimedean shale values 8 in Miya
lover. This ta number depending ly on
Let ete our gin Medivito. By the approximation theorem, there
iss an lament 2 uch thet :
a lady $ Dey
foreach achimedenn absolute vale in fy, We now slot an element
62, o x0, such that ac has absolute vale 1 at all non-arch
tmedesn © Ma, jar by taking highly dvs tof prime ure,
a view ofthe fact that) andj donot change we multiply by an
clement of I, we may therefore assume, without lt of generality, that
‘ur Mivicr eatin the inequalities
cal ley 5 Delle
for some dement 2 €Z, a > 0, and all v@ Se
We must exhibit element of L(). Fo this purpose, consider the eet
of lente of ons of thove whieh ean be ered in the fom
aie be tage
with o4©2, and 0 5 ae $ a. ‘Then our att L contains more than a
Seta
Each noo-archimedean vin Ms corresponds to prime of o, and using
‘he cir onion inthe deflation ofan Miedivao, wehaveln'an svioes
‘manner the notion of ory cL ny = dye. The additive group
o/TI
‘nas TIN)" elements, We look at the ange of Z under the canonical
Domamorpim of ox into this edltve group. ‘There wl be» abort Z"
Of with at eset
o
Te
ll of whieh have the sme image. Take one fed element
21, and let y exage over Then foreach now arehimatean aerate
value in Mf, we have
bea so,wot pamataneanores wn
pecans ord (2 ~ y) & ond. I i achimedean, then by aa obout
sstimate, we have
|e— dle 5 cla $
‘has cr eannt syn £9, Weave tere proved Hh
xo TL RS
We cee aly that
of [Lit > IT
‘the product bring taken over the erehipednn abeolte value, and 1
Teg nn cvs eonetant, while
Ne
ies the onarchiadoan absolute value belonging to p, Taking de ful
product overall aslate values proves our iaequality on te lft In
“Theorem
Let k be # sumer fel, and S «ite subset of Af contalaing the
scchinedennabssute vals, Let ebe the sumber of elements ofS. We
{Ene thst of Seumite ks to be the set of element in &* sac that
lal= a
for v@ 8. IS = So, the Suite ar alo called the units of i Stitiy
TouSog, they are te unity (nvertible ments) ofthe rng of algebraic
Integers
‘We may ks into Bucldean ospoco as follows, Let ry «++»
sbanlute values ofS. Map
2265 log ely agate
la
be the
sd al this wap
logis = R
‘By the pofuct formal, the image of is eontained in the Byperplane
‘tine by the equation
fb HE,
to that this image is st most (¢— Timensionsl
Unie Theorem. The image lots) fs en (9— T)dinensonat Iter
ia
Der ‘ue reopter romeo 105,
By saying tha i it latin, we mean that tea dscatesubroup of
1, and by sing that itis (°~ 1-dimensonal, we mean that the este
space ponerse hy ith entre hyperpiae mentioned shows, Thx
in particular, i follows that Togs) «free abaisa group on # — 1
‘reverators. ‘The kernel of our log maping is clearly the set of roots of
Unity inf beens the Korn isa group, abd its elements have Bounded
abeoute value, bane form a Ents group.
Corollary. Le Ebe a uber ld and afte nbc of My containing
le aakimedoan able sue Then ky modulo the group of Tots of
tunity in isa free ian groep on 8 = 1 generator (0 = member af
omen of 8
‘Otwerve, however, thatthe statement of the unit theorem ie stronger
than the satement of the corollary. The ual theore is atully equvee
Tent with a compacts statement, which we hall given Chapter VI, $3.
‘We shall so prove the wait thors
Let us begin by cboerving that in any bounded regln of Rt there
sta only ite numberof element of log) Unde, Lgl) Hee
{much a ropon, then the able vals of 2 and its conjugates mst
be bounded, and henee = can saisly only a faite number of mone
polynomials of degree = (k= @] over @, because the coon of such
Polynomials re sementary symmete fuetions of = and its conjugates.
Bs wellknown property of Bucldean space, whos root we shall recall
at Gh end, i follows that log() sa dierte,Enitaly generated subgroup
‘FR We mutt prove that it has dimension 2 — 1
‘or this purpose, we shall fst prove tht given a nde ere ents
aa yostr (Zn sy in lgtés) such Ua ty > 0 and & <0 for) 4
‘Weshall then prove that any 4 — I such vectors are linear independent
over R,
‘We ned the following lemma,
Lemma. Given my © My bare eit « number e() > O uch tt Jor
any Mycinnor cere eile 3 1" exh De
tes)
foraite =
Proof. Late be the number of Thera 0. Let eg = 1 if it acchic
rodent and let cg = Nip ify the prime oft Lat ¢ be an Sedivsor
heh ifr from ¢oly ato and such thet
Ver lel $ cles
If ys archimedan, we can adjust the eyeomponent as we plea, ina
‘continuous farhion. Ef ix dere, the value group ranges over Powers106, eanumtorors vie
‘of Nho, and so we ean aio fad the ¢ subjet to our contin. We set
ee) = ale.
"By Theorem 0, @) > 1, and hanes ther exists an lament a 0 in
Ue, thats,
loll ete
forall ne Mf We put = 1/a, ‘Then tho inagunity on the left inthe
Ternma is sata. For the inequality on the ight, we have
ete foe < tot ee
for ally My, ‘The produc ie taken over all we Mi, w stv. Sino €
[Slike c exept a y we have aio proved she nogualty onthe right,
We mur tothe main prof, If» §, then the value group of» it
innit epic, generated by Ny od ther only «Sate number a primes
tk that i ie omespondsto te index, en
Nps et.
CConsoquaty, by the lems, thee isa Sine aetofeolate values $°3'S
Iaving the following property. If eis an Mydivsor, then there existe
Bek such that
1 le aves
Consider only ouch ¢ that ce) @ 1 forall w and) = 1 for all v8.
Forauch ethers exists 8 with
It res’
1s beh s ced, ore,
Lat B be the wt of all such 8. Map 2 into RF by
(ile
‘The image of B le Site. Let By.» Bq be representatives in B forthe
elements ofthis image. Let
= i le
b> 0 and for all B there exists an Sunt yp € ky and some j
such that
Bm m8
wan ‘mee Pnooe? roma ot
For all¢as above, we can therfore find w < hy steying
st
Iwcl, 5 ally ae,
We slot such that ef) is very large forall » 8. ‘Then fue very
mall forall» eq.0 eS. By the product formula, it fellows that [le
i yory Ine. Tho log of w ha the desired property. ‘Thin hives *8o
frst of our objectives.
‘As to the second, we have fund elements.
forth = (Gayo
dow
snd such tht tho matee of sig ofthe fy fll
Eo
1 ke euch that
2 (Beary bend
Tet Yiyoooy Ye bo the column verte, We must show that he Set
= Ltrelieaty independent aver R. Suppice that
aida,
rot all the ceticints being 0. Say ay > O and ay 2 o, fr any j. Thon
Tooking at che aus justin the fst row, we get
=,
Om eitu st ontis bers beaten
Berta tatat oo taibiet
enh baat hao)
because fy it negative for j= 2,
wwe must have
y= 1. By the prodvet formal
fab bette >,
contraction. :
or the convenience of the reader, ive repeat the prof that x dzerete
‘ubgroup of Euclidean space isa fre abelian group. We do this by n-
‘uetion on the dimeation ofthe sbroup, ie the marimal nimbe of
linearly independent clement over R
LeL be our subgroup and)...» fa 8 maximal set of independent
veers in T. Tet Ty be the subgroup off cootsined inthe subspace
panned by &iy.+-» er BY induction we may assume that ay vector
of Ty i line intel combination of y= Sen108, ranatimnovores want
Consider Use subset 7 ofall Ein ofthe form
cont tet abe
vith rea een satyng
osach
05 en 31
isa bounded et, Lat fy bea veto of f with the amulet ag 7 0,7
Sem ba bet bab
‘Staring with ary vector {of T, we can slet integral coeicients
thence asic a way thnk
ee ed
tis in 7, and the coefcent of & ix
Mm.
‘Since oo faite, we ensue that there only nite suber of eub=
froup oe Tying between aad mo. Tho unit group i presented in
‘ie tite group of permutation of such eubgroups of o,We conde
Unt the subgroup Use coclting of all units we U such Ut Xt = Me
jz abroup of ait index in U.
Lat
nano
wn ‘a8 reoover voraeta 109
a eh, we eto be the th conjugtect a for j= ty...yrek ry Lab
feast
be a ot of generators forthe ordinary mit group U, modulo rots of
nity. The abseluta value of the detrmizant
[Ya toga] --- sto
Ito =~ toe
is indepen ofthe coin of our generator my. ani led the
regulator Ry — of the fed k. Since the log vectors of the uate are
nee independent i follows cht the regulator is nt, We aote that
‘is roglstor lke al determinants ea be interpreted ae a volume of
parlleotpe in apace. ‘The regulator oeasoally onus in the fre
og a) + le
E eter) «= tek
‘To sco this, wo multiply the 4h row ofthe determinant onthe right by
(No and add the eam of the fst rrows to the lat row. ‘Then we get
Jn th lower left-hand earser, i the rat ofthe lst row, and ur stern
‘obvious,
il ton fr the eat appari in the soo form a fw
areue
Gat x..-xRt
be the direct product of rs +79 copies of the multiloative speup of
Dective reals. ‘Map each unit w into @ by
su uo MD
‘This homomorphism of U into, whose kernel consists of the rots of
sity. Let be the image of Un @. Then V consid in O°, the aub-
_oup consisting of al elerenis
Y= ees tee)
sash hat
Te-.
Tatty. st Be. of edapendet gute fo U mot rts of
ty, antsy be ha epective image in. Ten we havea
no eanaumLororss
0 eomorphisen
amt xR 0
ven by Wap eo ats
a)
and the Jacobian mati ofthis mapping is
‘ween ete
sae
a
ee he Jha taint
yea mh ee
Mle oe hit) Jog (wt *
ton wish ne th eters ete hove .
* “Observe that our map g gives us « natural parametrization of @° in
vero an es
2 anc pont prado
tesa yer
Tce Estes teh 8 Uh cn
rc Mi nr NO em
ae
2) = Belles + OCleH-M™), Hele 2.
tet att rir b> gd ot bh
coopers ie
1n@ — Balelal $ bull -™.
ee
ott farts ta es Ma
daly 5)
waa sarrioe voters ranatauonoees im
forall pines of op. "This fllons at one from the defisitions, Thus
{o) eonsst of thos elements of whioh tty certain inoue st
thearchimedeansbeolatevals, Wecalethe fractional deal aeociated
with
jea PEE, we have Ne) = NG. Hence to compute XQ), we may
‘change ¢ by an elmont off
‘We know that the group of ideal cla ofa, 1 8 Galt group. Lat
sus os 4 be koa repronntatves ofthe elements of thie group Mult
plying bya suitable element of E*, we may asume thatthe factional
‘eal @aseited wth eis equal to one of the
“Let cbo on M-divior, and ete asosatd fractional ideal, Then
hare we wrt instand ofc) to simplify the notation.
Lemma 1. Aseume that he acid fractional ideal i pul tone of
the fied represntaties ng. Thar exit a wit of yeh hat we Rae,
forall 9 eS,
LE lula,
tokens 0 x) ar tw conatante > , dapending only ob
Proof. Let V = fl and lt = e(VN@)™"™ fr alls Se. Then
(Consider now the log vestor
eel) = (I y= Dette
Since the lg vectors of uit form ation of nail askin Ube hyper
lane of ventrs such that the eur of he eorponeate ei follows tak
{hee exes unit euch that
{ox(e) — torts“) < eh)
for sme sontante(). The sbrolute vale ie the ordinary norm of 8
‘vector in Bucldean spac. From this wo eoncude that lg) is rector
bounded length, that thee exist eoneants ey > 0 ouch that
ee S ule 6
for all # Se. We get the assertion of the lama. by substvting the
Aetniion of.m2 Panauusuororss waa
wore
seo) TI be
‘We can det thin produ! with RF, bonus me have a produ of
Toten of the el numa nd coe ofthe eorex suber. IE ¢
‘Pe ane xan nega o with C- (We have chic of to
sah 5)
oe ctmer ial foe atic of rank in this Puctan space,
ie ee hon as embeded in te naaral way on the dagoal. ‘he
{Kates tnpose by our fda at absolute vals ©. an be
vertu dctersning ein inthis Boldean spac, and our robe,
Tn turf bon redced tothe following
‘Gites iste of sak 8 te Evcldenn N-pace show that oder
cost eoctim Ue nue of nt pots In « parlletoge
Sri esa aqial fo ie voce of he pralotpe. “Tiss precbely
Sate sal do.
Be etic inependetwestrninR®, Tho abelian group
esa tes ate, "By Staton,» fandamentl domain
EPs ay (remus) ont such tht every wstor of RY
‘Saat totally one recor nh ot mol the ate. Hor funda:
Spel doy ne all aye at thn Ff pt
sighs tvts
witho su <1
Teta tn Mcdivioe, we donate by, the st of wets =i
Tbk"
uch that
Ink Se forall Ss
and call Phe parallelotope determined by (at ininits).
Tce) be the ummber of trualatios fof F which ae contained ia
efor some €
[ot be the numberof traculations P, of F which Intersct , for
some Fe.
“Le be the number of Inte point in the paallotape Pe, Then
only
no Volt) $ VollP) moo VOI”)
“phere Vol means volume in Euidoan ypace,
ws ‘ayeice POINTS 1 FARAnLLororRS us
‘The only late pot in P tx tue. Thar
nO) 5 0 5 m0.
‘Weal now prove «theorem sooering any lation in R
Theorem 2, Let range ee Messrs och that forallv GS. ws have
co Voi PD 6 or VP,
sith cman caer > 0. Eel Ib a fed late in RY. Then, when
Vol?) > ew hove
YoKPD 4. er yaupyt—¥,
tg = Page ae" vara,
oth camstants ee depending only om ey a Le
‘Proof. Te suo to prove that m(2) ~ n(Q) is boundod by a term of
onder of magaitode B™—"™" if wo set B ~ Vol).
‘fs trasation F of our fundamental domain by an elomout 2 ia i
sot cosine in P, but intersects P,, then it intrtets the boundary
OID, (Nataly, the Une sega between spol in Fe Py sad plat
fn Fe bot aot fa; ie cotalel is the convex sat Fy and cre the
Doundary of) We can write
Pew ILD.
‘where Dy is tho closed interval or tho closed dice of radius according
‘el real orcamplex Then the boundary of D, const of two points
‘oracle, and
ar UY [oo.x I):
‘The dimension of the boundary is therefore 1” — 1. will now sufice
tu giv an upper bound ofthe dsted Wind for tbe numberof nations
Fe which interact cach |
oDqx II Ds
pense there are at moet N auch tra in the union, Thi wll be done
by parszatrisiag Ue boundary by » map having sulable partial derivax
tive We seal tht ify i difereatable map with derivative ¢, thenne panantonores ao
for any two velar y, x we hare
loa) — o00 = ley —
‘where [| ¢ Baetideas norm, sed es the maximum of the norm ofthe
Uurrativeof yon the segment tetweon y und. (Thi the mean value
theorem)
‘We pormetie Fe by © map
eel oP
sending the N-cabo with sider of length oqusl to 1 onto, a follows
elated, we map
pom —y, OtST
andi wis complex, we us polar coordinates, and map
osust
worn, 9 Ee St
ach patil derivative of y is then bounded by «times a constant
{Gor 2s) and hence there fs contant cy (= 2eNeq) such thab
lel = cab
‘Ti taadary of Psi then parametrized by the (W — 1-ube I
te eo each ede of J" into [BUS] segments of equa length, we get
' deompodton of 27" ito
we
all cubes, of diameter < (V — 1)°9/(B%], “The image of such =
‘Small cube ander y hs diameter
=i
aa
‘the number of tasltions Fy (21) whith meet » region of diameter
‘Eesis bounded by aconetant eg depending only on yaad the diameter
GFF, Thus the image of small cube under g mess st mote. slates
Foot F by lation pata Since weave [BC'—™™]erall cubes, we sce
hat pC") mest best ey") translates of F. The boundary
EP. coosots af at meet N pon, ead of whieh can be araretried as
Indicated. "This proves our theorem.
ws) areicn rons 1 raRaLRLonoeES n
"The net lemma determines the volume of the fundamental dams of
savideal oof viewed as atize in Euclidean spas
wre Ie
Lemma 2. Let ob am alo he ring of igre of b nd le Pe
fundamental domain of 2 lace R. Then
Valh) = 2g? = 2--NeV Di
Prof. ‘The dela has a basse ++ ey over Z-
Let e,--,9 be the eal embeddings of k Let rig and Welt
sonjugatea be the complex one. Rach in maps onthe wctor
©:
ei Tat eh
et wa write
nam )+V=n,
‘whnre 2) are el oordinatos inthe complex numbers C. Thus
rate VET Pe Tyee Ne
‘The dicriminant of ¢ ata module over Zs the square ofthe determinant
ee
Adding the lst st ofr rows tothe midi rows, and then subtrcting
‘sgn, we oe that this detrminant, upto sig, i ual to
sod the deterinaat obtained here isthe dterinant of set of baie
‘vector fore lati fn RY having all her components he dieetionne pananustororas Ww
ofthe canonical uit veotre of RY, ‘Thus we obtain
VD = 2 ValtF)
ss desire,
‘We can Sally chow how Thsorem 2 implies Theorem 1. We had seen
‘at we sold asm our Mi-dvior sch that Ube contin of Theorem 2
(Tur auised, and slo sch that 2 associated ideal ais one of ite
Dumber of representatives ofthe Heal elses,
Bor any Mydivigr ewe Gnd
vor) = TL es) IL (ed) = ae TL
Vole) = 2-°Nev TBAT
our) _ 20R)" vy,
‘Wakr) ~ Tos Ile
‘thersby proving Theorem 1
§8. A tolume computation
‘We begin with some remats on sone Bade in Bueldesn space RY.
Welet be the ordinary measure in RY
sitet C of Wis tid to be conver if, whenever zy ae pints of C,
thea’
tam, ostsl
sso is in € (in other words, he ne segment between = andy isn).
symmetric (with respect the origin) if €C implies
Theorem 3. Let Lb alates of dimension N in RY, and lt C be &
ed coon, metric ab of RS. Tf
HO) = PH,
‘whee Piaa fundamental domain for L, then there exists tice point» 0
ine.
Proof. We shall ist prove the theorem under the sssumption
Htc) > 2a.
‘Cader this asumption, we contend that thore exist two distinct
ements in JC whowediference is in L- nded, if not we have
fe- Uaents (ssi)
Was 4 Youn courvtamion ro
mio = Baten ty
= 5 4G0-.0")
Bat (40) = 1/2" -p(C). Hones the set YO) F cannot be dsint
(otherwin the emumpsion on the measire of Fwould be ontradtad).
du tas beta
With suitable 2,22 Zand 15 + 2. This proves our contention
This gee for yet tat nee mnie “nee, aad
‘ys — a) liea in C by convexity, as desired.
Sago ne) Z BHU) Hore > 0,
u(A+9C) > wc) B Ma,
so ec tha aici a 1-6 Laing nd 0 shows
Be Siete ne te at
or mt nk comptes vole.
emia 3. Lt
w=
te frp eer be a tan nt cong rn
Mata Poh omer 0k bees aoe
Mtb pay
ENidse
ent dation Ve) Then
Vale) = 24007"
Pr To pn ih he tt
Fol) = Fp
leggal + Regal be etal + Base
he ample vars ten. yt lo Be eel By Plaanauuncorores W881
us.
We wish to find Prun(t), Uke polar coordinate (wy) with
oS oy Ede and 5 4 ia deserbe sj. Weave
Vill)
agg ith Bang ny
the integral being taken over thereon
faa Heese Mel Hla oe Fae
esrting the region of negation so at & Of a utp the
Isa by 2
“Wer mike the change of vars 2 ew
nbn 2) ervey Theitegal teases
toe
PAGE Manly
Wan = fogs mann Aan
‘he integra taken ove tho repon 2 0 forall sand
ay berber SO
But
Went) = MM oC
te can pit of th tov tren Oa ad we he
Saga "
Wl) = [1 Wren = wd
= dW,
Bs
cing iv latgratin on ws swing the homoge. Bs
BOER ur of he eet af als so
1
Wan) = NS AD MO
ilar way, we eet
Want) = ff 40 = 0" ars
we aoveowen
consae 9
hich after performing the integration and using induction, I
=a ie
Ga 6 = Gest
"Tis yields
Fant = Fh
whence the desired value oF Prgrs done out
84. Minkouski's constant
Tet be of degrae 2 over Q and let a be an ident of the integers
vowed aes late in RM. We eect tho number ain Lemme 3 rach ta
the room ofthat enon as volume at east ual to 2 times the volume
tf» fundamental dain fora, We denote yh the abolte rae of
the dseriminant Dy. Thon the vale of «such tht
WaerNal!®
wll schiove our papas, in view of Lamma 2, $2. By Theorem 3 there
‘ests Tate point in the region of Lomma 3. ‘This means that Were
‘ists aa sentent a © 6,2 Och that
level too Janel $ a
‘The gvometric mean beng bounded by the arithmetic mean, we gt
Ween” = >
sheee
iweca 5
Wehaves actorntion of el,
=a,
whee nan idea. Hee
[N&(a)| = NaN.
Canesing Ne, we have
‘Theorem 4. In any idl las, hare ei a deal ewh that
Nb s cut,10 anauaznors wate
sore Cy te now constant:
amy
Coron he tei of iin tit > 1 hei
toa one prime raed ink
Proof, Webave Nb = 1 wheats
rey (nN
as ()" de®) toe
LN =2, then we chsin ab ence ¢> $> 1. Our atertion wil be
rove if we chow that the souere of number
(Ye
mun ening Tig mi fro mie os
{pal eompatation pov what we want
Pe toggle 0 ale or te Minkowski constant in
a couse of Are around 1950,
win
o | omm
| 2 | oases
2 | 1 | ones
4 |. | oossrs
1 | ® | oonzes
a | 1 | cossse
onsss
“1 uowen's cosarane m
For large Nw eth de 2 (4/0) (re/9)
‘We conse by an example of which Artin wus very fond. Consider
the equation OX) =X Xb 1. The dtciminaat & of a rot of
XSLaE bis" NaH, In this special ae,
= 2800 — 19-15,
ach prime factor cout to the fet power
Teta bea root off(X) and k= Q(a). Than ais integral over 7. Since
AX) is imeem 5, is ireduble over Z(orQ) and iso degre 5
‘overQ. The dneriminant of Z[a ts madale over Zhss vo square factors,
noe it mart be equal to D(a), breause i dire rom D(o) by 2 square.
nce Zla] ~ oy by Proposition 10 of Chapter 1, $3
Tis not dteut to chow thet the Galois group of te polynomial i the
‘hil syeametrie group, Hen the oping eld Kas degree 120 over Q.
By the Minkowell theorem, every ideal class an eal 6 such that
Ne <4 (asag the vale forthe Minkowsit eonstant ia the table end
evil estates). Save Nisan ntger, fis ihe 12,0. TEN #1
the oly ponbility in that Oe pit Seal p with Np 2 or 3. This
Seoul mea thatthe rosie class ald 0/9 hs degree 1 over 2/p2 and
Trace that ine «rot and oF nd, ‘Thi i impossible (ret compar
{tion and henoe the only post is that Nb= I, But then 6 = (1)
‘od (hull) every ideal fe principal. The ing a integer «poe
cipal eal lng
"A Artin oto tan be shown thatthe plittng fd ie worried
cover the exeason Q(VA) = Q(V/19-151)
"Ari's example ls gives an example of an unr extension whose
Galois group i the lethal group, Ae be once pointed out given say
‘Galo extension K ofa aurber bald, with group G, Uhre exit initaly
‘any frie extensions of Eaueh chat KB —= Kad RE is ncamied
‘vee B. To obtuin sch B, t sulle to construct an extension which
Strobe loclly all the ramifeation of (this pots efite numberof
fonditions on, which oan be rls by the approximation there),
fod one mart insure thet # = E. To do this, one ean for instance
tse the exstneeof primes and density thetem proved ia «intr chapter
We leave it an an earn
‘Ar ial aplieston ofthe Minkowskl theorem, we shall prove:
Theorem 5. If kis a number fd, denaeby Ny ond de the degre FQ)
ind bert val of th dieriminant respecte ‘Phen the quotient
[Maflg des bonded forall k' Q. Fartermore, thre eats only afte
snember of fie hasing a ion ao he driest.
Proof. ‘The fat scuton follows fom a trivial computation involving
the innuality ofthe Colaty to Theorem 4, aed the standard estimatea2 sanatuzzorores waa
from Sting’ formate
wie Mew yEN ey, 0<0<1
“We leave it to the reader, This shows thatthe degre is bounded when
‘he disrimingat i bounded. “Henge to prove the second sserton, we
tuust show at theres only afte nomber of number elds having
tiven depres N and given sbeolte value ofthe discriminant d
‘Consider Bleu space
‘Suppose that thee is at Ist one color abeslte value oy, Consider
‘he domain defined by the inequalities
leu — al 5 Ca?
Feld
ich ott
‘where Cy is a lrge constat, depending on N. Hero we denote by ya
‘ment of ett with Cot Fas the ease maybe
‘Then out domain p conver and symmetric with rwcpoct tothe origin
‘Consequenly it sist contain an clement « 7 0 in Since the norm
frie aberate value 21 (being a poser rational intege) i flloms
from the fst inequality that the absolute vale ofthe imaginary part of «
In greater than 1 Henge the two conjugates of «eoresponding to are
ddininet Purtherore, « i dines trom any other conjugate, singe
‘Steady its abeclte value ab mois ditinet from its absolute valve at
Siete Tene a sa generator for E over Q. Ts equation over Z bas
fenficente which ate elamontary symmetric funtions of « and it
Sapte, and re therefore bounded ara fention of dana N. Hence sel
ean satsy only faite nutber of equations over Z, thereby proving
‘Gar theorem if there isa compl, Tf all abolut values are real the
proof i even east since me can Tplce the Bt pir of conditions
Sply by ig Cid! and arguo inthe same way
Covolry Hermite’ Theorem). La bea fit atof primes. Thar is
‘nla fe number of fle ef bounded der ne Q, ond waramifek
inde.
‘Pool. For each prime pe there only finite numberof extensions
of Q, of bounded depres, and for such extensions, the dseiminants sre
‘bounded, This immediatly implies abound for the global deriminants,
znd re can apply the previous reel to conelude the proa.
CHAPTER VI
The Ideal Function
81. Generalized ideal classes
Let bbe a number fd, and lot denote the mulipeative group of
oar fractional ideas." Let P be the subett of principal ideals.” If
6, bare fractional ideals (which we sy from sow on, estead of noraero
‘deal unless otherwise spaced), then we wrivea ~ (eis equlvalent 08)
Ie there exists ac such that e = (26 Le. ab-! ia principal fractional
‘deal. Then tho equivalence classes of raetiona dal forma nit group
(as we sw in Chapter V, fl), which we ell the ideal ease group. Its
‘onde ie ually denoted by h andi eal the ease number of
all now ree the notion of ideal elas group. By 2 eyele (oft)
Ie
whore # ragis over the normalized boats value off (ndosing the
‘rdiary absolute value or a pai saalute value os Q), with exponents
Into) bleh ate integers = 0, ad sch that mie) — Ofer all but Ste
‘umber of ‘Th we ae datereted in asin a multiplicity & 0 to
ach absolute value Actually, we shall not care about the complex 8,
tnd ifs sal then we oly ere whether mi) ~ O or m(o) > 0. Thus
for out purposes, we could take m@) = 0-0 in ease ve rea, and leave
‘ut the complex» altogether,
rom a notational pont of view, the Iiteratureextonds the notation p
to apply ta the archmedoun bole values By, and sls to sy that
ch var "prim", or "pies a infty"
‘We tall avoid this, and raserve p to denote (ooo-ser) prime ies
ofa Ife = o for some prime p, we do however la write m( instead of
‘mG. We we peo ef mfr m(] i> 0, and we lo ye that
‘ase that» (or) divides, Weeall mo) the multiplicity of vin Welet
oer gan
note the oe component of ip corresponds to\
m6 ‘rue wea, FoxoTION via)
‘We denote by cy the product
= Le"
taken ove al rime el, and eal it ce ite part of
‘We lt 11), oF Tle 19), denote the cet of fractional eal ela
tively pra toc (ora ne shal alse, prime tod). Thus (inthe et
ot fsctioal ideals not divisible by any Plas ideal» having a mulkip-
sty > dine
‘Kent, we ltroduce a eubgroup off as follows. Ife @ 4, we define
(od 0)
to mean that satises the following two coniton:
(Ite rite ion with sulpiity mG) > 0, then a i i the
Joon ing yd
1 (med ng,
wore m i Uke msimal Leal of). Symbolic, we alo wate
{his congruence inthe form
ea (node).
(G) We in ral abucute value in Mj having mapliity m6) > 0
ing, anders the coesponding embedding of bin R, then
oa>0.
Tis clear that thooe elements of K* satistyng () and (i) form a group,
land we denote tis group by ke We observ that elements of ate nove:
fatly unite iy en prime dividing. [Au matter of notation, wo wits
5G to denote the sume of X-consitng of thse elements prime to 6
nt, to denne the subet of X conditing of those element etsy
{he congroses relation () abd Gl)
“We denote by Pte subgroup of P consisting of those princps mc
sion ieals(o) witha eh Then it ear that P, is wsubroup of 1.
‘The acine group 16) wil calle the group of cial lassen, We
‘hall re in'e moment that itis it, and bas the ordnzy group of isl
‘aces factor group. Ife 1, we agro tothe eooveatin thas £0) = 1
js the group of fsctional deals and, = P.
Fir we observe that every ideal elas i 1/P bas ropresntative in
1G), Le. has a representative del prime toe. To co thi late be an
(steed in given elas mad P. Tf ordya = 19) fr sprite ideal
ewe aoe the congrcnoss
ana” (ody)
wan) memutsenn eat cuisees 5
{or tog the Chinese remainder theorem. We use the notation x for
fn element of ordee I at. The ala) ie prime to e Again ang he
Chinese remainder there, we am multiply ale") by a etal lige
bei intoger inf prime to, to make‘tan sea not feeooal). Th
the neanone
m1
rot
Palo?
‘induce sa komarpiam af factor groups
o Tea/P@ = 1,
hse P(@ deaota the eoup of ppl ational prin to
PQ) = Pate.
‘We nota that P(@) contains P, and we have the tower of eabgroupe
10> P@> Pe
‘We therefore have a srective homomorphism
oP. 19/PO = TP.
te ern i P(Q)/Py which we sall now analy.
We have the surjective homomorphism kt» P, which to each a
‘spodates the pinial fractional deal). True the group of ull2
U. Similarly fF) donates the subgroup af #* costing af thowe de
spent whow ideal prime to, then we havea surjetive homomorphism
Ho PO
ven by
oto)
‘The Invern image of Ps precisely the subgroup Uy where U denotes
the group of units off Us giving se to the dager
ko -F@
hh
odie oman
® o/h = Pa/Ps
‘Let RY denote the multipliestive group of ral numbers > 0. Tf isa
ral abente valu, then) = Rand 42/2» (0,1). Fo pyle20 ‘run rat. oxen
-n() be ts altipinty. We consider the map,
o Ho TI mtn’ x Tree
eee ee
si yo ls i ce
i bape dle rece en ates
ee ee el
sree gen ce a
sea ee ape etsamca ae tat
cen
SAD ma oss ae emu etmi woe
"
<6) = ender ofthe group (ym
sod
#9 = Toto.
ein lee that
ees) = Oo — NIT,
‘We already see that 1(0/P faite, and the andar of 6) i ven in
lens of the Wale fonction.
“inal, we ave th tower
HQ > Uke
nd we lok atthe fetor group
o Uhjky = UMW Nk) = U/L
nhere U, cnet of those waits = 1 (mod* «In the above manner we
Ihave usserewed the group of eee asx into varions constituents,
‘hich fe paral allow ta to write down « formula fr its onder. For
‘arity, we waite down the diagram of what we have dove
141
eel
hoaPooF
i
Ustho
el
Uk
“Two opposite vertical bare represent iomorphisms of fator groups. For
ack hotiaontl evo, the roup on the Lf isthe inverse image ofthe
troup on the ight under the earrespondinghomomorphisa,
wa orvmanen mest cise m
Theorem 1. The group of cient clase 1(/Pe ie fit. If his he
cease of yan i oreo Ty and Be ake of
eal ve thn
ete”
b= @iay
ele a reanable convention to dafie
#10 = Hte02",
satin be arcinatan ot the dfs fh anton
‘Thon we en write
helo
wey
‘We note that U; being of nite index in, tas loo
penta
independent units, and the aitive group of “log vectors” of lenente
of Uris late i
It (esse) ae independent units gonersting U modulo roots of
nity, andi (9)... 9) aro independent units generating U; mola
toot of unity, then the logs of these units respectively generate Inttioe
Jn RY, denoted by log U sad log respectively. We ean define the
roqutator Fb
Re= leone,
pF and j=, 05 r Just athe regulator B can be
Intarpreal a tke volume of fndamental domain, so can we intereet
‘Ras the volume of «fundamental domain fr log Ui in
Ezample, We conclude this section by an example which isn some
sense “typical”. Let k= Q. Hach pin deal ie represented by » prime
‘umber, nd we let + denote the rel abalute value. Let m be an
Integer >I, representing sa ideal (m), and Wet c=. Then Une,
tonsts of { alone. "Tho group I(e) const of thse ideals prime to ms
nd Qya, const of tose postive rational numbers x sich that
1 (aod m)
Any elas of Ts)/Pay ea bo represented by an sight progesion
of portive integers prio to'm. ‘The ganeralized ideal lca group I 0:
morphic to (Z/mZ)*, namely the multiplicative group of integers prime
om, mod m. Tha reams our generalised idea ase neal
tions of erithmetc progression in wumber leBs sup wean rection wie
82, Lattice points in homogeneously expanding
By a lato in RY, we casa a ual» dare subgroup of rank W
Let L ba auch laic, aad et D bea subset of RY We dnote by 2D
the boundary of D (et of plats inthe eleure of D, not Tying in the
interior) We let iD denote the eet of points ts, for te R and = © D.
‘Then OUD) — 3D. We are intrested in an sayemptoti formula for
‘henumber of points of in tD. Tog this, one has to make sore osm
tion on the eaothoese of te boundary, follows, Let S be wsubeet of
ome cueliean space. A map
eS oRT
is sid to saidy Lipachite condition if there exists a onstant C euch
that forall z,y © we have
love) — otal = Cle ah
Let 1 deocte the unit cube ia K-pace, that ie the st of pointe
Geucss 28) nth OS xy 1 Aaubset Pot sai tobe keLipachite
[porametrzable if there existe a faite mumber of Lipshity maps
biel whoo images cover
‘Let wis. yay bet bai forthe Latice Z over 7. The set F of al
sits
te betty OSHS D
is a fundamental domain for Z. Then tho sensations F, of F
ements Tel cover RY and are disjint. Every element of 2 has a
‘nique representative in F modulo
"We let Vol denote volume a N-pace,
Theorem 2. Let D ba tbat of RY ond Latte in RY, with fndax
snenal domain F Assure tha he Boundary of Die (NW —"I)-Lipacite
Perametranle. Ea N= NG D,£) be Be umber of lic ‘poids
it. Then
ny = kD + ob,
ahr the conan nO depend om fy N, and he Zipadt cmon
Proaf. Is point ( L lis i (D, Uaan Fy intoretstD. Furthermore,
sithr Fis eonainl in te intror oft, or Fr intersect the boundary
(7145) ue woxnen or inate n# 4 orves cusss 129
f(D, Lat
() = amber of Le L mish tht 1 1D.
sm) = number of 16 auch that FC intron of,
1) numberof € euch that Fy interme at.
Then
mi 5 mi smi +0,
and
mio Voll) VoleD (mo +8) Vol
Henoe
ms YEO = mien + 60,
ad to conclude the poo, it sufices to erimate b(). Let g:Y— — RO
‘be one ofthe parameteisng maps for» pieo of the boundary of D, with
ipshite conctant C. Then ty parumatriaes a crresponding pees of 3D.
‘et (denote che largest integer 3 ta tal. Cut up each side of the
unit eube P"~* into adr of length 1. We then get (9 sal ube,
‘Tho image under yo each wall ene has diameter = Cand enee
‘the image under tp ofeach stall cube has diameter C,. ‘The number
of 11, such that Py intareets the image of such a smal eube under fe
[shen bounded by C, where Ce cogetant depending ony on J nnd
Hence
uo sour.
‘This proves our theorem.
$3. The number of ideals in a given class
[Let I be the group of fractions ideale of f,and the eubgroup of
ruepal facta! ideal” We are interested inst seympoti fortula
for tho numberof ia a » given slam of 1/P soc that Na = for
£7 sp. More generally, we want such «formal forthe ideal in =
crazed class of 1(0/P; for some cycle «We begin by tktching he
‘Stguroat i tho stl cae. We It, b denote leat (0 fesiona,
‘Let be- lven deal ass mod P, and et 6 be an idea! in tho invereo
class For each deal the deal is then principal ideal () one
{nine i 6 (because we tok et beanies ro@ ©). We have
Nu Se ifand only if Nb) = NGQ) s Nive130 ‘rap tora roxcrion wis)
‘ements, 8 ofa callad equivalent if shore exists unit w such that
a= us. Tet (8,0) be tho aumber of idoals ne such that Na 3 t
‘Then (@, 0b the numberof equivalence class of elements § © $0,
such at NG Nb-C_ Let U dnote the group of units. Thea U operates,
on the sumber ald , but we may als vow U as operting on Euaidean
7 Aico) = WY TE be
(Atos comples, we fx a dafinitoidetintion of , with C). Namely, if
we U, sad (0) ein WY, then
wo)
area isthe embedding of in by crroandng to.
ements Ey of Rare ad Uo be nthe sme orbit of Uf there este
‘nit such that ¢ = wy
‘Wecandefnethenormon RY = Ay(~),namelyif€= (9) thea welet
(oma,
xe~ JL
1 yaein the same orhitof U, then cay NE-= No. For $e Axl)
welave
Nay = ONE
Weare of coure interestd inclement {> On and hence it i wtf
to deal withthe subet of (se) given by
Jo) = TE
consisting of those elements having nonter coordinates at all « @
‘Thon JC) ie stable under the operation of U, and we can doin tho
potion af «fundamental domain Din Jc), namely a ubast such that
trary obit of U has «unique lament in D. We can then sey that (2,0)
is the number of elerente Feb uch that
o NesNet and 6D.
IE is abst of Aa(z) and ¢ > 0, welt ¥() bo the subst of ¥ cone
Slnting of those elements ¢ such that NG = & Attu at we are able
fenutructD eh Uhl iD = D for eer reat > 0, Then
Deo =e DU),
‘With this notation, our eonditions (1) are equivalent to the condition
@ Fe DINED,
(EAS) ra sexu oF weaue t 4 oHME coast a
snd we gt the fundamental formula
58,9 = n(ON-9,
0,4.
In other words, the numberof ideal « € € such that Ne & is equal to
‘he munber of points of the lattice 8 yng in the domain
(X8-9DQ) = DINE-9.
‘This rodutes the problem of computing (@ 4) to Theoret 2, §2, provided
{at we ean ennatructD() 2 as to sti the hypoth of that theorem,
(Ghats, Lipehits parametrimble boundary),
or convenience, iti escr to eanstrict a fandamental domain fora
free sbelian subgroup of the unit group (.. digs the rots of nit)
Tf we do that ae count the numberof points of the lie 6 in such
mai then we got where wth asber of root of uty in
‘The whole dseusion ean be appind mote general to ideal eases of
1(@)/P. fll. We shall prove:
Lemma I. Let cbe 0 eyle of k. Let V be a free mibgroup of Uc which
generals, moto rot of unity. Let Sse) be th bel of Jee)
iting of thou Esuch hat > Of else Thae elf
‘menial domain forthe operation of V on Jc, 0) such that = D
if > 0, end such Bat D(l) has an (N'~ I)Lipactsparamatzale
Pounders
Let us postpone for a moment the proof of Len 1. Lt be on idea
las of 16) Pande, 1) ete mber oes a ouch that Ne 2
Satet © 8 The map
@
‘ctnblishes a Bijetion between deals of a 2 aud Ucequivalnes eases
of elemeats&aatistyng the pai of conditions
eee
et net Ze
“8,0 ont ei
{iMeetes
$opo- 6 a8. ope
We wrote £= 1 (tad rather than §/= 1 (md because our third
cmon, that £ D, already guarantess that of > Oi Teal, a,
$0 (noi)12 sme wea, roxerION
singe D i contained in Jase, ©). The two congroeaces
$51 (mode)
=0(wod ) and
tinea teaslation of the latin Gidea) Se jn RY = (or), ecause IF
fp tone solution of thse congrucnes, then the map
er
sive a Bigtion of the aot of solutions of these congramoss and ey
EXote that co ar relatively prime, and the Chinese remainder theorem
spplies ke. 2-0 (rad hy) and only =O (mod) sad'2 0 (0d) )
‘Ths we have shown
emma 2. Lat the notation be a Lemma 1, end lt Tbe the ati
‘aia i tonslating yy one auton of te oo congruences above
Then eB, equal the member of elomentsof Lyng in
eee
‘We are theafre in the nitation diteauod in Chapter V,§2. Obearve
‘thet the vole of fundamental domain for in Re dhe ame es tho
‘lume of fondmental domain forthe tule lato
“Theorem 3. Let bee eye of bond lt 8 bw la of 1) malo
Then
s(R9 = pa 00",
ohare
nn POR,
Navas Ne
and
Ria the ereuatr,
New 2M,
0) fe Be manera el
sec is th mumber of ol of ey 6 Uy
(is th able al of he deriinant of
{ parted, f on ondnary eal late modal principal ied, thon
PURER gytnty
18,0 = PATE 04
whore the relator, he mame frat of uty in ky nd a
‘ore.
Wiss] te west oF mans wy « cree cts 1
Prog. Ta Chapter V,§2, we ad compte the vlumo of fundamental
domain for the lattice fan daly abd fund tog £0
2ONINeVE.
In view of Lemma 2, there romain only to prove Lem i, costract
‘suitable fndamental domain for Via Jan, 0), and to prove that
Vol Da) = 2
Wo sal ezatilly follow Hoke to do this.
‘We proced to taste D. Let
ohio, TER.
bo the homogenized log map given by
10 (+e ya
le ‘Then we set one that the image of gi on
sine in the hyperplane conscting of al elaments = ech tt
Bratt ad
Let (ony) bo a aot of genrator for ¥ and let gf) = ve Then
i,--v 4d in bai for lati in and isthe sual nage of thee
unis under the log mapping, because for aay ne we have Ny =.
‘We let be the uf fundamental domain for thi Iti in H, ame
‘the seta il near eombinations
ete b eat
10).
tis immotitaly verted that D ie fundsmental domain forthe setion
of Fon Ju(ay¢) and that for any ral ¢> O wehhave(D = D. ‘Thi at
‘onto comes rom the fact that
Osa