Integral bases of pure fields with square-free parameter

Abstract

Let m ≠ 0, ±1 and n ≥ 2 be integers. The ring of algebraic integers of the pure fields of type is explicitly known for n = 2, 3,4. It is well known that for n = 2, an integral basis of the pure quadratic fields can be given parametrically, by using the remainder of the square-free part of m modulo 4. Such characterisation of an integral basis also exists for cubic and quartic pure fields, but for higher degree pure fields there are only results for special cases. In this paper we explicitly give an integral basis of the field , where m ≠ ±1 is square-free. Furthermore, we show that similarly to the quadratic case, an integral basis of is repeating periodically in m with period length depending on n.

A generalization of simplest number fields and their integral basis

“…n−1 (β t ) , is an integral basis of Q(β t ). (See [7], [8], [26]). There is an equivalent definition of a periodically repeating integral basis which is more convenient to use in practice.…”

“…is an integral basis of Q(β t ). (See [7], [8], [26]). We give a general upper bound for the period length for any n ∈ N, and for n ≤ 12 we significantly improve it.…”