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Aurifeuillean factorization with number fields

Basically the question is if number fields can be used in Aurifeuillean factorization. Probably this is easy and the answer is "no". Let $f,g \in \mathbb{Z}[x], a \in \mathbb{N}$. Let $f(x)$ and $f(...
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Number of ways to write an integer as a product of irreducibles

Is there any way to tell the number of distinct ways to factor $a\in\mathcal{O}_k$ (up to units, of course) when $k$ is not a PID? A simple investigation in $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-5})$ with integer ring $\...
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A subring question (revised)

Hello, Let $K/{\mathbb Q}$ be a finite extension which is not necessarily Galois, and ${\mathcal O}$ be the ring of integers of $K$. Let $p$ be a prime in ${\mathbb Q}$ and let $p {\mathcal O}={\...