Norm forms represent few integers but relatively many primes

arXiv1705.00531MaRDI QIDQ6286136FDOQ6286136

Authors: Daniel Glasscock 

Publication date: 1 May 2017

Abstract: Norm forms, examples of which include $x^2+y^2$, $x^2+xy-57y^2$, and $x^3+2y^3+4z^3-6xyz$, are integral forms arising from norms on number fields. We prove that the natural density of the set of integers represented by a norm form is zero, while the relative natural density of the set of prime numbers represented by a norm form exists and is positive. These results require tools from class field theory, including the Artin-Chebotarev density theorem and the Hilbert class field. We introduce these tools as we need them in the course of the main arguments. This article is expository in nature and assumes only a first course in algebraic number theory.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Density theorems (11R45) Additive number theory; partitions (11P99)

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