On orders in quadratic number fields with unusual sets of distances

DOI10.4064/AA230515-4-10MaRDI QIDQ6071872zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andreas Reinhart

Publication date 29 November 2023

Published in Acta Arithmetica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.09267

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic orderset of factorization distances

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic extensions (11R11) Units and factorization (11R27) Ideals and multiplicative ideal theory in commutative rings (13A15) Commutative rings defined by factorization properties (e.g., atomic, factorial, half-factorial) (13F15) Ideal theory for semigroups (20M12) Arithmetic theory of semigroups (20M13)

Abstract: Let $mathcalO$ be an order in an algebraic number field and suppose that the set of distances $Delta(mathcalO)$ of $mathcalO$ is nonempty (equivalently, $mathcalO$ is not half-factorial). If $mathcalO$ is seminormal (in particular, if $mathcalO$ is a principal order), then $minDelta(mathcalO)=1$. So far, only a few examples of orders were found with $minDelta(mathcalO)>1$. We say that $Delta(mathcalO)$ is peculiar if $minDelta(mathcalO)>1$. In the present paper, we establish algebraic characterizations of orders $mathcalO$ in real quadratic number fields with $minDelta(mathcalO)>1$. We also provide a classification of the real quadratic number fields that possess an order whose set of distances is peculiar. As a consequence thereof, we revisit certain squarefree integers (cf. OEIS A135735) that were studied by A.J. Stephens and H.C. Williams.

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