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Number systems over orders

Number Theory 2018-05-11 v2

Abstract

Let K\mathbb{K} be a number field of degree kk and let O\mathcal{O} be an order in K\mathbb{K}. A \emph{generalized number system over O\mathcal{O}} (GNS for short) is a pair (p,D)(p,\mathcal{D}) where pO[x]p \in \mathcal{O}[x] is monic and DO\mathcal{D}\subset\mathcal{O} is a complete residue system modulo p(0)p(0) containing 00. If each aO[x]a \in \mathcal{O}[x] admits a representation of the form aj=01djxj(modp)a \equiv \sum_{j =0}^{\ell-1} d_j x^j \pmod{p} with N\ell\in\mathbb{N} and d0,,d1Dd_0,\ldots, d_{\ell-1}\in\mathcal{D} then the GNS (p,D)(p,\mathcal{D}) is said to have the \emph{finiteness property}. To a given fundamental domain F\mathcal{F} of the action of Zk\mathbb{Z}^k on Rk\mathbb{R}^k we associate a class GF:={(p,DF)  :  pO[x]}\mathcal{G}_\mathcal{F} := \{ (p, D_\mathcal{F}) \;:\; p \in \mathcal{O}[x] \} of GNS whose digit sets DFD_\mathcal{F} are defined in terms of F\mathcal{F} in a natural way. We are able to prove general results on the finiteness property of GNS in GF\mathcal{G}_\mathcal{F} by giving an abstract version of the well-known "dominant condition" on the absolute coefficient p(0)p(0) of pp. In particular, depending on mild conditions on the topology of F\mathcal{F} we characterize the finiteness property of (p(x±m),DF)(p(x\pm m), D_\mathcal{F}) for fixed pp and large mNm\in\mathbb{N}. Using our new theory, we are able to give general results on the connection between power integral bases of number fields and GNS.

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@article{arxiv.1708.04800,
  title  = {Number systems over orders},
  author = {Attila Pethő and Jörg Thuswaldner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.04800},
  year   = {2018}
}

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20 pages