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Primes in denominators of algebraic numbers

Number Theory 2022-12-16 v2

Abstract

Denote the set of algebraic numbers as Q\overline{\mathbb{Q}} and the set of algebraic integers as Z\overline{\mathbb{Z}}. For γQ\gamma\in\overline{\mathbb{Q}}, consider its irreducible polynomial in Z[x]\mathbb{Z}[x], Fγ(x)=anxn++a0F_{\gamma}(x)=a_nx^n+\dots+a_0. Denote e(γ)=gcd(an,an1,,a1)e(\gamma)=\gcd(a_{n},a_{n-1},\dots,a_1). Drungilas, Dubickas and Jankauskas show in a recent paper that Z[γ]Q={αQ{pvp(α)<0}{ppe(γ)}}\mathbb{Z}[\gamma]\cap \mathbb{Q}=\{\alpha\in\mathbb{Q}\mid \{p\mid v_p(\alpha)<0\}\subseteq \{p\mid p|e(\gamma)\}\}. Given a number field KK and γQ\gamma\in\overline{\mathbb{Q}}, we show that there is a subset X(K,γ)Spec(OK)X(K,\gamma)\subseteq \text{Spec}(\mathcal{O}_K), for which OK[γ]K={αK{pvp(α)<0}X(K,γ)}\mathcal{O}_K[\gamma]\cap K=\{\alpha\in K\mid \{\mathfrak{p}\mid v_{\mathfrak{p}}(\alpha)<0\}\subseteq X(K,\gamma)\}. We prove that OK[γ]K\mathcal{O}_K[\gamma]\cap K is a principal ideal domain if and only if the primes in X(K,γ)X(K,\gamma) generate the class group of OK\mathcal{O}_K. We show that given γQ\gamma\in \overline{\mathbb{Q}}, we can find a finite set SZS\subseteq \overline{\mathbb{Z}}, such that for every number field KK, we have X(K,γ)={pSpec(OK)pS}X(K,\gamma)=\{\mathfrak{p}\in\text{Spec}(\mathcal{O}_K)\mid \mathfrak{p}\cap S\neq \emptyset\}. We study how this set SS relates to the ring Z[γ]\overline{\mathbb{Z}}[\gamma] and the ideal Dγ={aZaγZ}\mathfrak{D}_{\gamma}=\{a\in\overline{\mathbb{Z}}\mid a\gamma\in\overline{\mathbb{Z}}\} of Z\overline{\mathbb{Z}}. We also show that γ1,γ2Q\gamma_1,\gamma_2\in \overline{\mathbb{Q}} satisfy Dγ1=Dγ2\mathfrak{D}_{\gamma_1}=\mathfrak{D}_{\gamma_2} if and only if X(K,γ1)=X(K,γ2)X(K,\gamma_1)=X(K,\gamma_2) for all number fields KK.

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@article{arxiv.2211.13822,
  title  = {Primes in denominators of algebraic numbers},
  author = {Deepesh Singhal and Yuxin Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.13822},
  year   = {2022}
}