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Non-P\'{o}lya bi-quadratic fields with an Euclidean ideal class

Number Theory 2021-06-01 v1

Abstract

For an integral domain RR, the {\it ring of integer-valued polynomials} over RR consists of all polynomials f(X)R[X]f(X) \in R[X] such that f(R)Rf(R) \subseteq R. An interesting case to study is when RR is a Dedekind domain, in particular when RR is the ring of integers of an algebraic number field. An algebraic number field KK with ring of integers OK\mathcal{O}_{K} is said to be a P\'{o}lya field if the OK\mathcal{O}_{K}-module of integer-valued polynomials on KK admits a regular basis. Associated to KK is a subgroup Po(K)Po(K) of the ideal class group ClKCl_{K}, known as the {\it P\'{o}lya group of KK}, that measures the failure of KK from being a P\'{o}lya field. In this paper, we prove the existence of three pairwise distinct totally real bi-quadratic fields, each having P\'{o}lya group isomorphic to Z/2Z\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}. This extends the previously known families of number fields considered by Heidaryan and Rajaei in \cite{rajaei-jnt} and \cite{rajaei}. Our results also establish that under mild assumptions, the possibly infinite families of bi-quadratic fields having a non-principal Euclidean ideal class, considered in \cite{self-jnt}, fail to be P\'{o}lya fields.

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@article{arxiv.2105.14436,
  title  = {Non-P\'{o}lya bi-quadratic fields with an Euclidean ideal class},
  author = {Jaitra Chattopadhyay and Anupam Saikia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.14436},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages