Unramified quadratic extensions of real quadratic fields, normal integral bases, and 2-adic \(L\)-functions (Q1377589)

The authors deduce from a result of \textit{H. B. Mann} [On integral bases, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 9, 167--172 (1958; Zbl 0081.26602)] that a number field \(F\) has an unramified quadratic extension with a normal integral basis if and only if \(F\) contains a non-square unit congruent to a square modulo \(4\). For real quadratic number fields \(F\), this condition is then expressed in terms of the \(2\)-adic logarithm of the fundamental unit, thus relating the existence of such extensions to the value of the \(2\)-adic \(L\)-function for \(F\) at \(s = 1\).