The order of the reductions of an algebraic integer
Number Theory
2014-05-20 v4
Abstract
Let K be a number field, and let a be a non-zero element of K. Fix some prime number l. We compute the density of the following set: the primes p of K such that the multiplicative order of the reduction of a modulo p is coprime to l (or, more generally, has some prescribed l-adic valuation). We evaluate the degree over K of extensions of the form K(\zeta_m, \sqrt[n]{a}) with n\leq m, which are obtained by adjoining a root of unity of order l^m and the l^n-th roots of a, as this is needed for computing the above density.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1107.4595,
title = {The order of the reductions of an algebraic integer},
author = {Antonella Perucca},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.4595},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
revised and rewritten; new tables of examples checked with sage; the revisions include the referee's comments