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Joe Silverman
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Does the unit index divide the degree of an extension of number fields?

Let $L/K$ be a finite extension of algebraic number fields of degree prime $p$. Is it true that the index $(U_K:\text{Norm}(U_L))$ divides $[L:K]$, where $U_K$ denotes the unit group and Norm denotes the ideal norm map of the relative extension of $L/K$?