TWO PROBLEMS CONCERNING IRREDUCIBLE ELEMENTS IN RINGS OF INTEGERS OF NUMBER FIELDS

Abstract: Let

K

be a number field with ring of integers

m a t h b b Z_{K}

. We prove two asymptotic formulas connected with the distribution of irreducible elements in

m a t h b b Z_{K}

. First, we estimate the maximum number of nonassociated irreducibles dividing a nonzero element of

m a t h b b Z_{K}

of norm not exceeding

x

(in absolute value), as

x o i n f t y

. Second, we count the number of irreducible elements of

m a t h b b Z_{K}

of norm not exceeding

x

lying in a given arithmetic progression (again, as

x o i n f t y

). When

K = m a t h b b Q

, both results are classical; a new feature in the general case is the influence of combinatorial properties of the class group of

K

.

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