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An algorithm for the principal ideal problem in indefinite quaternion algebras

Number Theory 2014-08-13 v1

Abstract

Deciding whether an ideal of a number field is principal and finding a generator is a fundamental problem with many applications in computational number theory. For indefinite quaternion algebras, the decision problem reduces to that in the underlying number field. Finding a generator is hard, and we present a heuristically subexponential algorithm.

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@article{arxiv.1405.6674,
  title  = {An algorithm for the principal ideal problem in indefinite quaternion algebras},
  author = {Aurel Page},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.6674},
  year   = {2014}
}

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To appear in ANTS XI

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