Primes in denominators of algebraic numbers
Number Theory
2022-12-16 v2
Abstract
Denote the set of algebraic numbers as Q and the set of algebraic integers as Z. For γ∈Q, consider its irreducible polynomial in Z[x], Fγ(x)=anxn+⋯+a0. Denote e(γ)=gcd(an,an−1,…,a1). Drungilas, Dubickas and Jankauskas show in a recent paper that Z[γ]∩Q={α∈Q∣{p∣vp(α)<0}⊆{p∣p∣e(γ)}}. Given a number field K and γ∈Q, we show that there is a subset X(K,γ)⊆Spec(OK), for which OK[γ]∩K={α∈K∣{p∣vp(α)<0}⊆X(K,γ)}. We prove that OK[γ]∩K is a principal ideal domain if and only if the primes in X(K,γ) generate the class group of OK. We show that given γ∈Q, we can find a finite set S⊆Z, such that for every number field K, we have X(K,γ)={p∈Spec(OK)∣p∩S=∅}. We study how this set S relates to the ring Z[γ] and the ideal Dγ={a∈Z∣aγ∈Z} of Z. We also show that γ1,γ2∈Q satisfy Dγ1=Dγ2 if and only if X(K,γ1)=X(K,γ2) for all number fields K.
Cite
@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}
}