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Bertrand's Postulate for Number Fields

Number Theory 2016-08-02 v2

Abstract

Consider an algebraic number field, KK, and its ring of integers, OK\mathcal{O}_K. There exists a smallest BK>1B_K>1 such that for any x>1x>1 we can find a prime ideal, p\mathfrak{p}, in OK\mathcal{O}_K with norm N(p)N(\mathfrak{p}) in the interval [x,BKx][x,B_Kx]. This is a generalization of Bertrand's postulate to number fields, and in this paper we produce bounds on BKB_K in terms of the invariants of KK from an effective prime ideal theorem due to Lagarias and Odlyzko. We also show that a bound on BKB_K can be obtained from an asymptotic estimate for the number of ideals in OK\mathcal{O}_K less than xx.

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@article{arxiv.1508.00887,
  title  = {Bertrand's Postulate for Number Fields},
  author = {Thomas A. Hulse and M. Ram Murty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00887},
  year   = {2016}
}
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