A quick route to unique factorization in quadratic orders
Number Theory
2020-10-13 v1
Abstract
We give a short proof -- not relying on ideal classes or the geometry of numbers -- of a known criterion for quadratic orders to possess unique factorization.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2010.05033,
title = {A quick route to unique factorization in quadratic orders},
author = {Paul Pollack and Noah Snyder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.05033},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
4 pages + references. To appear, Amer. Math. Monthly