On the Probability of Relative Primality in the Gaussian Integers

MaRDI QIDQ6242143zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Bianca de Sanctis, Samuel Reid

Publication date 23 May 2013

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic theory: distribution modulo (1); metric theory of algorithms (11K99) Real zeros of (L(s, chi)); results on (L(1, chi)) (11M20)

Abstract: This paper studies the interplay between probability, number theory, and geometry in the context of relatively prime integers in the ring of integers of a number field. In particular, probabilistic ideas are coupled together with integer lattices and the theory of zeta functions over number fields in order to show that ${\displaystyle }$P(gcd(z_{1},z_{2})=1) = frac{1}{zeta_{Q(i)}(2)}${\displaystyle }$ where $z_1,z_{2}inmathbbZ[i]$ are randomly chosen and $zet{a}_{Q(i)}(s)$ is the Dedekind zeta function over the Gaussian integers. Our proof outlines a lattice-theoretic approach to proving the generalization of this theorem to arbitrary number fields that are principal ideal domains.

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