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Exercise Sheet 7 includes problems related to computing discriminants in various fields, including cubic and cyclotomic fields. It also discusses the independence of the discriminant of an ideal from the choice of integral basis and provides steps to prove related lemmas and propositions. Additionally, it covers the integral basis for a principal ideal and includes an example for practical application.

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Sheet 7

Exercise Sheet 7 includes problems related to computing discriminants in various fields, including cubic and cyclotomic fields. It also discusses the independence of the discriminant of an ideal from the choice of integral basis and provides steps to prove related lemmas and propositions. Additionally, it covers the integral basis for a principal ideal and includes an example for practical application.

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Exercise Sheet 7

This sheet is due in the lecture on Tuesday 18th November, and will be discussed in the
exercise class on Friday 21st November.
Exercise 7.1. Examples of discriminants.
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(1) Let K be the cubic field Qp 3 2q. Compute the discriminant ∆p1, 3
2, 3
4q.
(2) Let K be the cyclotomic field Qpζ q where ζ  cos 2π
5
i sin 2π
5
. Compute the
discriminant ∆p1, ζ, ζ 2 , ζ 3 q.
Exercise 7.2. The discriminant of an ideal is independent of the choice of integral basis.

Supply the proof of Lemma 7.11 in the following steps.

(1) Show that there exist n  n matrices M and N with integer entries, such that
∆pα1 , α2 ,    , αn q  pdet M q2 ∆pβ1 , β2 ,    , βn q,
∆pβ1 , β2 ,    , βn q  pdet N q2 ∆pα1 , α2 ,    , αn q.
(2) Show that pdet M q2 pdet N q2  1. Conclude that pdet M q2  pdet N q2  1 and
∆pα1 , α2 ,    , αn q  ∆pβ1 , β2 ,    , βn q.
Exercise 7.3. The discriminant of a quadratic field.

Supply the proof of Proposition 7.14 in the following two cases.


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(1) Suppose d  1?is a square-free integer, d  2 or 3 pmod 4q and K  Qp dq.
Compute ∆p1, dq. What is the value for ∆K in this case?
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(2) Suppose? d  1 is a square-free integer, d  1 pmod 4q and K  Qp dq. Compute
∆p1, 1 2 d q. What is the value for ∆K in this case?
Exercise 7.4. Integral basis for a principal ideal.

Let K be a number field of degree n over Q. Assume tω1 , ω2 ,    , ωn u is an integral basis


for OK . Let α P OK , α  0 and I  pαq. Show that tαω1 , αω2 ,    , αωn u is an integral
basis for I in the following steps.

(1) Show that αωiP I for each i, 1 ¤ i ¤ n.


(2) Show that tαω1 , αω2 ,    , αωn u are Q-linearly independent. Conclude that it is a
Q-basis for K.
(3) Show that every γ P I is a linear combination of elements in tαω1 , αω2 ,    , αωn u
with integer coefficients. Conclude that it is an integral basis for I.
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(4) As an example, suppose K  Qp 3q. Let α  3 and I  pαq an ideal in OK .
Write down an integral basis for I, and use it to compute the discriminant ∆pI q.
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