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A Conjecture Connected with Units of Quadratic Fields

Number Theory 2012-12-03 v1

Abstract

In this article, we consider the order Of=x+yfd:x, yZ\mathcal{O}_{f}={x+yf\sqrt{d}:x,\ y \in \Z} with conductor fNf\in\N in a real quadratic field K=Q(d)K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d}) where d>0d>0 is square-free and d2,3(mod4)d\equiv2,3\pmod 4. We obtain numerical information about n(f)=n(p)=minνN:ενOp n(f)=n(p)=min{\nu\in\N : \varepsilon^{\nu}\in \mathcal{O}_{p}} where ε>1\varepsilon>1 is the fundamental unit of KK and pp is an odd prime. Our numerical results suggest that the frequencies of p±12n(p)\frac{p\pm1}{2n(p)} or p±1n(p)\frac{p\pm1}{n(p)} should have a limit as the ranges of dd and pp go to infinity.

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@article{arxiv.1211.7206,
  title  = {A Conjecture Connected with Units of Quadratic Fields},
  author = {Nihal Bircan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.7206},
  year   = {2012}
}
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