Skip to main content
clarified question
Source Link
Martin
  • 1.1k
  • 6
  • 13

EDIT: Since the original question was to vague I will pose some stronger conditions:

Given $n \in \mathbb{N}$ with $n \geq 3$ I want to know if there is a ring $R$ with the following properties:

  • $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}] \subset R$
  • $R$ is a UFD but not a field (in particular I want that there are only finitely many integers $k \in \mathbb{Z}$ that are invertible in $R$)
  • For any $\alpha \in R$ there is a unit $\eta \in R^*$ such that $\alpha \eta \in \mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$

If $n=3$, one can take $R$ to be the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$. This does not work for $n \geq 4$, since then the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$ has only two units. Are there other rings $R$ that could work?


Original question: Let $n \in \mathbb{N}, n \geq 3$. Then $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is not a UFD. I want to know which extensions $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ are (or can be) a UFD. Two examples would be:

  • For some $n$, the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is a UFD and this is an extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$.
  • Every field extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$) is a UFD

Are there any other extensions of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example using localization, adjoining other algebraic numbers, other concepts, or combining some of these) that are UFD?

Let $n \in \mathbb{N}, n \geq 3$. Then $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is not a UFD. I want to know which extensions $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ are (or can be) a UFD. Two examples would be:

  • For some $n$, the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is a UFD and this is an extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$.
  • Every field extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$) is a UFD

Are there any other extensions of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example using localization, adjoining other algebraic numbers, other concepts, or combining some of these) that are UFD?

EDIT: Since the original question was to vague I will pose some stronger conditions:

Given $n \in \mathbb{N}$ with $n \geq 3$ I want to know if there is a ring $R$ with the following properties:

  • $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}] \subset R$
  • $R$ is a UFD but not a field (in particular I want that there are only finitely many integers $k \in \mathbb{Z}$ that are invertible in $R$)
  • For any $\alpha \in R$ there is a unit $\eta \in R^*$ such that $\alpha \eta \in \mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$

If $n=3$, one can take $R$ to be the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$. This does not work for $n \geq 4$, since then the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$ has only two units. Are there other rings $R$ that could work?


Original question: Let $n \in \mathbb{N}, n \geq 3$. Then $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is not a UFD. I want to know which extensions $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ are (or can be) a UFD. Two examples would be:

  • For some $n$, the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is a UFD and this is an extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$.
  • Every field extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$) is a UFD

Are there any other extensions of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example using localization, adjoining other algebraic numbers, other concepts, or combining some of these) that are UFD?

Source Link
Martin
  • 1.1k
  • 6
  • 13

Extensions of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ that are UFD

Let $n \in \mathbb{N}, n \geq 3$. Then $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is not a UFD. I want to know which extensions $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ are (or can be) a UFD. Two examples would be:

  • For some $n$, the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{-n}]$ is a UFD and this is an extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$.
  • Every field extension of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-n})$) is a UFD

Are there any other extensions of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-n}]$ (for example using localization, adjoining other algebraic numbers, other concepts, or combining some of these) that are UFD?