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 where is a squarefree integer. Their conjecture was later disproved by Kala for . We investigate such indecomposable integers in greater detail. In particular, we find the minimal in each congruence class 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 .
Cite
@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}
}