Minkowski's theorem on independent conjugate units

DOI10.1007/S40879-017-0131-YzbMATH Open1429.11199arXiv1608.03935OpenAlexW2963068215MaRDI QIDQ2012292FDOQ2012292

Authors: Shabnam Akhtari, Jeffrey D. Vaaler 

Publication date: 28 July 2017

Published in: European Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We call a unit $$ in a Galois extension $l/mathbbQ$ a Minkowski unit if the subgroup generated by $$ and its conjugates over $mathbbQ$ has maximum rank in the unit group of $l$. Minkowski showed the existence of such units in every Galois extension. We will give a new proof to Minkowski's theorem and show that there exists a Minkowski unit $$ such that the Weil height of $$ is comparable with the sum of the heights of a fundamental system of units of $l$. Our proof implies a bound on the index of the subgroup generated by the algebraic conjugates of $$ in the unit group of $l$. If $k$ is an intermediate field such that �egin{equation*} mathbb{Q} subseteq k subseteq l, end{equation*} and $l/mathbbQ$ and $k/mathbbQ$ are Galois extensions, we prove an analogous bound for the subgroup of relative units.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03935

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zbMATH Keywords

Weil heightindependent units

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galois theory (11S20) Diophantine inequalities (11J25) Units and factorization (11R27)

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• On the existence of Minkowski units in totally real cyclic fields
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• On the index of the group generated by relative units
• A classification of $\mathbb{Q}$-valued linear functionals on $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}^{\times }$ modulo units

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