Ring of Integers as subring with most irreducibles - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-24T06:39:58Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/88424 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/88424/ring-of-integers-as-subring-with-most-irreducibles Ring of Integers as subring with most irreducibles Kris Joanidis 2012-02-14T12:09:41Z 2012-02-14T12:09:41Z <p>Let $L$ be a number field. Is it possible to define its ring of integers $R$ by saying it's the subring with (in a fuzzy sense) the "most" irreducibles?</p>