A note on certain semigroups of algebraic numbers (Q2773256)

Let \(M\) be a Krull monoid with divisor theory \(\partial: M \to D\) and \(H\) its class group. For \(a \in D\), the Zaks-Skula function \(\kappa(a)\) is defined by NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \kappa (a) = \sum_{X \in H} \frac{\Omega_X (a)} {\text{ord}(X)} , NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(\Omega_X(a)\) denotes the number of prime divisors from \(X\) dividing a [\textit{D. F. Anderson}, Lect. Notes Pure Appl. Math. 189, 1-29 (1997; Zbl 0903.13008)]. The author proves that \(S = \{a \in M \mid \kappa \partial (a) \in \mathbb Z\}\) is a Krull monoid, and he determines its class group. If \(M\) is the monoid of principal ideals of an algebraic number field, a summation of the Dirichlet series associated with \(S\) is accomplished and an asymptotic formula for the number of elements in \(S\) is given.