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Indecomposable integers in real quadratic fields

Number Theory 2021-06-07 v2

Abstract

In 2016, Jang and Kim stated a conjecture about the norms of indecomposable integers in real quadratic number fields Q(D)\mathbb{Q} \left( \sqrt{D} \right) where D>1D>1 is a squarefree integer. Their conjecture was later disproved by Kala for D2mod4D \equiv 2 \bmod 4. We investigate such indecomposable integers in greater detail. In particular, we find the minimal DD in each congruence class D1,2,3mod4D \equiv 1,2,3 \bmod 4 that provides a counterexample to the Jang-Kim Conjecture; provide infinite families of such counterexamples; and state a refined version of the Jang-Kim conjecture. Lastly, we prove a slightly weaker version of our refined conjecture that is of the correct order of magnitude, showing the Jang-Kim Conjecture is only wrong by at most O(D)O \left( \sqrt{D} \right).

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@article{arxiv.1812.03460,
  title  = {Indecomposable integers in real quadratic fields},
  author = {Magdaléna Tinková and Paul Voutier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.03460},
  year   = {2021}
}
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