Baghdad Science Journal
Vol.16(3)Supplement 2019
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2019.16.3(Suppl.).0781
Representation of Algebraic Integers as Sum of Units over the Real Quadratic
Fields
Saad A. Baddai
Received 3/2/2019, Accepted28/8/2019, Published 23/9/2019
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
:In this paper we generalize Jacobsons results by proving that any integer ๐ผ in ๐(โ๐), (๐ > 0, ๐ is a square-free integer), belong to๐๐ก. All units of ๐(โ๐) are generated by the fundamental unit ๐๐, (๐ โฅ 0) having the forms
๐ = ๐ก + โ๐, ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4)
๐ =[(2๐ก โ 1) + โ๐]
2 , ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4) our generalization build on using the conditions
๐ก + 1 = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก), ๐ก = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก).
This leads us to classify the real quadratic fields ๐โ๐ into the sets ๐1, ๐2, ๐3โฆ Jacobsons results shows that ๐โ2, ๐โ5 โ ๐1 and Sliwa confirm that ๐โ2 and ๐โ5 are the only real quadratic fields in ๐1.
Keywords: Fundamental units of real quadratic field, Integers of real quadratic field as sum of finite units, Real quadratic fields.
Introduction:
Thereal quadratic fields ๐(๐) of degree two over the rational numbers with ๐ = ๐, where ๐ > 0 and ๐ is a square free integer for if ๐ = โ๐ is a root of the quadratic polynomial
๐ฅ2+ 2๐๐ฅ + ๐ = 0
This leads to state that any integer ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) has the forms
๐ผ = ๐ + ๐โ๐, ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4) ๐๐ ๐ผ = (๐ + ๐โ๐)/2 , ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4) The fundamental unit of ๐(โ๐) has also the forms ๐ = ๐ก + โ๐ , ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4)
๐๐ ๐ = [(2๐ก โ 1) + โ๐)/2, ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4)
The base of any integer ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐), ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4) is of the form < 1, ๐โ๐ > and the base of any integer ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) with ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4) is< 1, ๐(1 + โ๐)/2 >.
According to ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4)๐๐ ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4), where norm(๐) = ๐(๐) = ๐๐ฬ = ยฑ1 and ๐ฬ is the conjugate of ๐.
Department of Mathematics, College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
E-mail: [email protected]
B. Jacobsons (1) used the conditions 2 = ๐1โ ๐1โ1
2 = ๐2+ ๐2โ2 ... (1)
and proved that any integer ๐ผ โ ๐(โ2) and ๐(โ5) are written as a sum of distinct units, where ๐1 = 1 + โ2, ๐2= (1 + โ5)/2 are the fundamental units of ๐(โ2) and ๐(โ5) respectively on the other words ๐(โ2), ๐(โ5) โ ๐1.Sliwa (2) proved that no other real quadratic fields belong to ๐1. Belcher (3) and (4) showed that there are seven real pure cubic fields ๐(๐), ๐3= ๐ = ๐3ยฑ 1, with negative discriminate belong to๐1 and infinitely many quantic fields in ๐๐ก, ๐ก โฅ 1. Goldsmith. Pabst and Scott (5) proved a similar result without the property of being distinct units. The sum of unit of numbers of rings of quadratic field also discussed by Ashrafi and Vamos (6). Further result given by Christopher (7) showing that for every positive integer N, there exists elements of the ring R which cannot be expressed as sum of at most N units. Our result depends on using the conditions
and proving that any real quadratic field ๐(โ๐) belong to the set ๐๐ก, ๐ก โฅ 1.
Preliminary Results and Definitions
Our main result depend on generalizing conditions in (1) to be
2๐ก = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1, ๐ก โฅ 1. which becomes
๐ก + 1 = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก), โฆ (2) when๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4) and
๐ก = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก), โฆ (3) when๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4).
Def 2.1: We define ๐๐ก, ๐ก โฅ 1 to be the set of all real quadratic fields ๐(โ๐) in which every integer ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) is represented as a sum of units with at most t- repititions.
Def 2.2:An integer ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) is called t-integer, if ๐ผ can be written as a finite sum of units of ๐(โ๐) with at most t-repetitions.
Def 2.3: An integer ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) is called a strong t -integer if it is a t-integer and expressible as a sum of at most (t +1) units of ๐(โ๐).
Def 2.4: We define the set ๐๐ก, (๐ก โฅ 1) to be the set of all real quadratic fields ๐(โ๐) such that every integer of ๐(โ๐) is a t-integer.
Def 2.5: Any positive integer ๐ โฅ 1 is called square free integer if ๐ is of the form
๐ = ๐1. ๐2โฆ ๐๐
where๐1, ๐2, โฆ ๐๐ are distinct prime numbers.
Theorem 2.1 (4): If ๐(๐) is a real algebraic field with one fundamental ๐ > 1 say, then a necessary condition for ๐(๐) to be in ๐1 is that ๐ < 3.
More general than theorem (2.1) (4) is the following result.
Theorem 2.2: If ๐(๐) is a real field and having one fundamental unit ๐ > 1, โ ๐(๐) โ ๐๐ก then ๐ < 2๐ก + 1.
Proof: Since any integer in ๐๐ก is a t-integer, then we can write (t +1) in the form
t + 1 = cpฮตp+ โฏ + cqฮตq, โฆ (4)
where p, q โ ๐ง and |๐๐| โค ๐ก for all ๐, (p โค ๐ โค q). The form (1) is the polynomial
๐๐๐๐+ ๐
๐โ1๐๐โ1+ โฏ + ๐0= 0 โฆ (5) with๐๐, ๐0โ 0, ๐๐โ ๐ง and at most one of the ๐๐ = ยฑ(2๐ก + 1) and the rest of the coefficients less than or equal to t. Therefore (5) implies that
๐๐ โค ๐
๐๐๐โค (2๐ก + 1)๐๐โ1+ ๐ก๐๐โ1
๐ โ 1 ๐ โค (2๐ก + 1) + ๐ก
๐ โ 1 ๐(๐ โ 1) โค (2๐ก + 1)(๐ โ 1) + ๐ก ๐(๐ โ 1) < (2๐ก + 1)๐ โ (2๐ก + 1) + ๐ก
๐ โ 1 < (2๐ก + 1) โ(๐ก + 1) ๐
๐ < 2๐ก + 2 โ(๐ก + 1) ๐
since๐ก + 1 โฅ 2, ๐กโ๐๐ โ(๐ก+1)๐ โคโ2๐ , ๐กโ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ < (2๐ก + 2) โ(๐ก + 1)
๐ โค 2๐ก + (2 โ 2 ๐) where as ๐ > 1, ๐กโ๐๐ 2๐ โ 1,
โด ๐ < 2๐ก + 1
The result of theorem (2.1) (4) above follows when ๐ก = 1 i.e ๐ < 3 and ๐ < 2๐ก + 1 is valid for all ๐(โ๐) โ ๐๐ก, ๐ก โฅ 1.
The Main Results
Our main result of this paper is given by the following theorem:
Theorem 3.1: If ๐(โ๐) has the fundamental unit ๐ = ๐ก + โ๐ ๐๐ [(2๐ก โ 1) + โ๐]/2 according to ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4)๐๐ ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4), then ๐(โ๐) โ ๐๐ก, (๐ก โฅ 1)
Proof: The proof is built on using the conditions (2), (3) given above.
Assume that ๐ผ any integer in ๐(โ๐ ) โ ๐ผ = โ๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐=๐ โฆ (6)
with๐๐, ๐, ๐ โ ๐ง, (p โค ๐ โค q), ๐๐ = 0 if ๐ โ [p, q], we consider the case (I)
(i) ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4), ๐(๐) = 1 and ( t+1) is a strong t-integer in ๐(โ๐) which is ๐ก + 1 = ๐ + ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก).
Suppose that ๐ผ in (6) is such that โ๐๐=๐|๐๐| = ๐, ๐ โฅ 1,
and๐ minimal, we shall proceed by induction on m, if m=1, then
โ|๐๐| = 1, ๐
๐=๐
and ๐๐ = 0, ยฑ1, therefore ๐ผ is 1-integer (t=1) see definition (1).
Assume that, as in induction hypothesis, that for all ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) and
๐ผ = โ|๐๐|, ๐ < ๐, (๐ โฅ 2),
and we prove it for all ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) with m = M , by writing
(๐ก + 1)๐๐= ๐๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก)๐๐+ ๐๐+1, ( pโค ๐ โค q) and suppose that ๐๐ is the first coefficient in (6) such that |๐๐| โฅ ๐ก + 1 and |๐๐โ1| โค ๐ก for all k and apply the condition (2) to the term ๐๐๐๐, then ๐ผ becomes
๐ผ = ๐๐๐๐+ โฏ + (๐
๐โ1+ 1)๐๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก)๐๐+ ๐๐+1+ โฏ + ๐
๐๐๐ โฆ (7)
or๐ผ = ๐๐๐๐+ โฏ + (๐๐โ1โ 1)๐๐โ1+ (๐ก โ 1)๐๐โ ๐๐+1+ โฏ + ๐
according as ๐๐ = ยฑ(๐ก + 1). Since|๐๐โ1| โค ๐ก, then if necessary we need to repeat the application of condition (2) on (7) or (8), which implies that either ๐ผ = ๐๐๐๐+ โฏ + (๐
๐โ2+ 1)๐๐โ2+ (1 โ ๐ก)๐๐โ1+ (2 โ ๐ก)๐๐+ ๐๐+1+ โฏ + ๐
๐๐๐ โฆ (9) o๐ ๐ผ = ๐๐๐๐+ โฏ + (๐๐โ2โ 1)๐๐โ2+ (๐ก โ 1)๐๐โ1+ (๐ก โ 2)๐๐โ ๐๐+1+ โฏ + ๐
๐๐๐โฆ (10)
According as๐๐โ1= ยฑ๐ก, by taking โ ๐ผ in (7) and (8), if necessary we obtain that|๐๐โ1ยฑ 1| โฅ ๐ก + 1. Again and in similar application of (2) ๐ผ will be of the form (9) or (10). If we continue
applying (2) to (9) and (10) to the term (๐๐โ2ยฑ 1)๐๐โ2 , then after that a finite number of applications we get that ๐ผ of the form
๐ผ = โ๐โค๐๐๐๐๐+ โ๐โฅ๐+1๐๐๐๐ โฆ (11)
where 0 < |๐๐| โค ๐ก, and |๐๐| โค ๐ก + 1, this reduce every coefficient ๐๐ with ๐ โค ๐ to the coefficient ๐๐, |๐๐| โค ๐ก and some of the ๐๐ non-zero, this shows that
โ|๐๐| โค โ |๐๐| ๐โฅ๐+1 ๐โค๐
andโ๐โค๐|๐๐|+ โ๐โฅ๐+1|๐๐|โค ๐ and because M is minimal then
โ|๐๐| ๐โค๐
+ โ |๐๐| ๐โฅ๐+1
= ๐
since โ๐โค๐|๐๐|> 0, then โ๐โฅ๐+1|๐๐|< ๐. Apply the induction to
๐ผโ= โ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐โฅ๐+1 then๐ผ will be a t-integer.
(ii) If N(๐) = โ1, then condition (2) consider to be
๐ก + 1 = ๐ โ ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก),
and a similar procedure of (i) will lead to show that ๐ผ is a t-integer.
(II) If ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4) and (i) N(๐) = 1 and considering condition (3), which is ๐ก + 1 = ๐ + ๐โ1+ (2 โ ๐ก), and apply (๐) on ๐ผ โ ๐(โ๐) โ
๐ผ = โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐
Then by following the induction steps on โ|๐๐| = ๐, m minimal and writing
(๐ก + 1)๐๐ = ๐๐โ1+ (2 โ ๐ก)๐๐+ ๐๐+1, (pโค ๐ โค q) โฆ (12)
In a similar procedure of case (I) after the application of condition (3), ๐ผ will be either of the form
๐ผ = ๐๐๐๐+ โฏ + (๐
๐โ1+ 1)๐๐โ1+ (2 โ ๐ก)๐๐+ ๐๐+1+ โฏ + ๐
๐๐๐ โฆ (13)
Or ๐ผ = ๐๐๐๐+ โฏ + (๐๐โ1โ 1)๐๐โ1+ (๐ก โ 2)๐๐โ ๐๐+1+ โฏ + ๐
๐๐๐ โฆ (14) According as ๐๐ = ยฑ(๐ก + 1). This implies that
๐ผ = โ ๐๐๐๐+ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐โฅ๐+1 ๐โค๐
with|๐๐| โค ๐ก, โ๐โฅ๐+1|๐๐| โฅ ๐ก + 1 and some of the ๐๐ non-zero and hence
โ|๐๐| + โ |๐๐| = ๐ ๐โฅ๐+1
๐โค๐
and this completes the induction steps. Therefore ๐ผ is a t-integer.
(ii) A similar procedure can be followed by considering the condition (3) with N(๐) = โ1 and applying
๐ก + 1 = ๐ โ ๐โ1+ (2 โ ๐ก),
which also, imply that ๐ผ is a t-integer too. As an immediate consequence of theorem (3.1). Corollary 3.1: Any integer of ๐(โ๐), ๐ > 0 expressible as a t-integer, ๐ก โฅ 1.
Corollary 3.2:If ๐(โ๐) โ ๐๐ก+1\๐๐ก, then every integer of ๐(โ๐) is a t-integer plus a single unit. Corollary (2) implies that ๐(โ13) belong to ๐2 and not in ๐1 since the fundamental unit of ๐(โ13) is ๐ = (3 + โ13)/2 , ๐(๐) = โ1 and
3 = ๐ โ ๐โ1 โฆ (15) 2 = ๐ โ ๐โ1โ 1 โฆ (16)
and by theorem (2),๐ = [(2๐ก โ 1) + โ13]/2, with t = 2 for if ๐ผ โ ๐(โ13) โ
๐ผ = โ๐โ1+ 2 + ๐ Apply (16), then ๐ผ becomes
๐ผ = โ๐โ1+ (๐ โ ๐โ1โ 1) + ๐ ๐ผ = โ2๐โ1+ 2๐ โ 1 again apply (16), then
๐ผ = โ(๐ โ ๐โ1โ 1)๐โ1+ (๐ โ ๐โ1โ 1)๐ โ 1
by simplifying this , then
๐ผ = ๐โ2+ ๐โ1โ ๐ + ๐2โ 3 put3 = ๐ โ ๐โ1, ๐กโ๐๐
๐ผ = ๐โ2+ ๐โ1โ ๐ + ๐2โ (๐ โ ๐โ1) ๐ผ = ๐โ2+ 2๐โ1โ 2๐ + ๐2 ๐ผ = ๐โ2+ 2๐โ1โ (๐ โ ๐โ1โ 1)๐ + ๐2
๐ผ = ๐โ2+ 2๐โ1+ ๐ + 1 ๐ผ = (๐โ2+ ๐โ1+ ๐ + 1) + ๐โ1
This last form of ๐ผ shows that ๐(โ13) โ ๐๐ก+1/๐๐ก and t = 1.
Theorem 3.2: suppose that ๐(โ๐), ๐ > 0 with fundamental unit ๐ = ๐ก + ๐ โ๐or ๐ = [(2๐ก โ 1) + ๐ โ๐ ]/2, then ๐(โ๐) โ ๐๐ก\๐๐กโ1, (๐ก > 1).
๐ก = โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐=๐
with |๐๐| โค ๐ก โ 1, ๐, ๐ โ ๐ง. If ๐ โฅ 1, then
๐๐โค |๐
๐|๐๐ โค โ ๐๐๐๐+ ๐ก ๐โ1
๐=๐
< (๐ก โ 1) โ ๐๐+ ๐ก ๐โ1
๐=โโ
< (๐ก โ 1)๐ ๐โ1
1 โ1 ๐
+ ๐ก
< (๐ก โ 1) ๐๐
๐ โ 1+ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ โค(๐กโ1)๐๐
๐โ1 + ๐ก๐ ๐โ1,
where ๐ โฅ 1, ๐๐โ1> 1. Therefore
1 โค๐ก โ 1 ๐ โ 1+
๐ก ๐ ๐2โ 2๐ก๐ + ๐ก โค 0 since ๐ = ๐ก + โ๐ก2ยฑ 1, then
๐ โค ๐ก + โ๐ก2โ ๐ก < ๐ก + โ๐ก2โ 1 โค ๐
a contradiction. By the same way and if ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4), we get
2๐ โค (2๐ก โ 1) + โ(2๐ก โ 1)2โ 4๐ก
< (2๐ก โ 1) + โ(2๐ก โ 1)2โ 4 = 2๐ก
also, a contradiction. Hence ๐(โ๐) โ ๐๐กโ1, (๐ก > 1).
Theorem 3.3: There are a finite number of ๐(โ๐) โ ๐๐ก, ๐ก โ ๐.
Proof:If ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4) and ๐ = ๐ก + โ๐ is the fundamental unit of ๐(โ๐), ๐ > 0 the proof
followed by showing ๐ก โ (๐โ12 ,๐+12 ). from theorem (2.2) we have that
๐ < 2๐ก + 1, (๐ก โฅ 1) By writing
2๐ก = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1 2๐ก โ 1 < ๐ < 2๐ก + 1
๐ โ 1 2 < ๐ก <
๐ + 1 2 Therefore,
๐ก โ 1 < โ๐ < ๐ก + 1
and if ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4) we get also and by the same way
๐ก โ 1 <1 + โ๐
2 < ๐ก + 1
Thus, therefore finite number of ๐(โ๐) โ ๐๐ก.
Conclusion:
The conclusion of our result is declared by some of the real quadratic fields below by applying theorem (3.1) and considering the fundamental unit ๐ โ ๐(โ๐), where both ๐(โ3), ๐(โ13) โ ๐2, follows from corollary (3.2).
๐(โ๐) โ ๐1, ๐ = 2,5 ๐(โ๐) โ ๐2, ๐ = 3, 13
๐(โ๐) โ ๐3, ๐ = 10, 21, 29 ๐(โ๐) โ ๐4, ๐ = 15, 53
๐(โ๐) โ ๐5, ๐ = 26, 77,82, 85 ๐(โ๐) โ ๐6, ๐ = 35
As an open question there is a possibility to represent integers of imaginary quadratic fields ๐(โ๐), ๐ < 0, ๐ = โ1, โ2, โ3 as sum of units of this field of certain repetition ๐ก, ๐ก โฅ 1. this may also classifying the imaginary fields in ๐๐ก.
Conflicts of Interest: None.
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.ูุงุฑุนูุง ุุฏุงุฏุบุจ ุุฏุงุฏุบุจ ุฉุนู ุงุฌ ุุชุงูุจูู ู ููุนูุง ุฉููู ุุชุงูุถุงูุฑูุง ู ุณู
:ุฉุตูุงุฎูุง
:ููููุงุชูุง ููุทุฑุดูุง ูู ุฉูุซู ู ููููุญูุง ูุนูุจุฑุชูุง ููุญูู ุฉูุณุงุณูุฃุง ุชุงุฏุญููุง ู ุงุฏุฎุชุณุฃุจ ูุณุจููุงุฌ ุซุญุงุจูุง ุฌุฆุงุชู ู ูู ุนุช ู ุช ุซุญุจูุง ุงุฐู ูู๐ก + 1 = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก), ๐ก โฅ 1
ุงู ุฏูุน ๐ โข 1(๐๐๐4) ุ
ฮต= ๐ก + โ๐ ูู ููุงุซูุง ุทุฑุดูุงู
๐ก = ๐ ยฑ ๐โ1+ (1 โ ๐ก), ๐ก โฅ 2 ุชุงุจุซุฃ ุงูุนุทุชุณุฃ ุทูุฑุดูุง ูุฐู ู ุงุฏุฎุชุณุฃุจู ุ
ูุนูุจุฑุชูุง ููุญูุง ูุฃ ๐ = [(2๐ก โ 1) + โ๐]/2 , ๐ โก 1(๐๐๐4)
ููููุญูุง ุงู ุฏูุน ๐(โ๐)
ุฉุนูู ุฌูุง ูู ๐t
ุฉุนูู ุฌู ูุง ูุฃ ุซูุญ ๐t
ุง ูููุญูุง ูู ุฉุนูู ุฌู ูุซู ุช ูุฏุฏุน ุฑุงุฑูุชุจ ุชุงุฏุญูู ุนู ุฌุชู ุงูุฏุงุฏุนุง ูุซู ุช ูุชูุง ุฉูุนูุจุฑุชู
๐ก โฅ 1, ๐ก ูููุญูุง ูููุตุช ู ุชู ููุฐุจู . ๐(โ๐)
ู ูููู ููู
t
ุนูู ุงุฌู ูุง ูู ๐1, ๐2, ๐3, โฆ
ูููุนูุจุฑุชูุง ููููุญูุง ูุฃ ููุฑุจ ูุณุจููุงุฌ ูุฃ ุซูุญ ๐(โ5), ๐(โ2)
ุฉุนูู ุฌู ูู ูุงูู ุชูู ๐1
ุซุญุงุจูุง ููุฑุจ ููุฐู
( J.Silwa ูุฃุจ ) ๐(โ5), ๐(โ2) ุฉุนูู ุฌู ูุง ูู ูุงุฏูุญููุง ููุงูุญูุง ุงู ู
๐1 .
ุชุงู ูููุง ุญุงุชูู ูุง ุฉู : ูุนูุจุฑุชูุง ููุญูู ุฉูุณุงุณูุงุง ุชุงุฏุญููุง ุุฉูุณุงุณูุงุง ูุนูุจุฑุชูุง ููุญูุง ุชุงุฏุญูู ููุชูู ุนูู ุฌู ู ุฉูููุญูุง ุฉูุฑุจุฌูุง ุฏุงุฏุนูุงุง ุููููุญูุง