A generalization to number fields of Euler's theorem on the series of reciprocals of primes

Publication date: 9 November 2019

Abstract: Let

X

be a set of positive integers, and let

m a t h b b Z_{K}

be the ring of integers of a number field

K

of degree

n

. Denote by

N (I)

the absolute norm of an ideal

I

of

m a t h b b Z_{K}

, and by

m a t h c a l A

the set of principal ideals

a m a t h b b Z_{K}

such that

a

is an atom of

m a t h b b Z_{K}

and

a

divides

m

for some

m i n X

. Building upon the ideas of Clarkson from [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 17 (1966), 541], we show that, if the series

s u m_{m i n X} 1 / m

diverges, then so does the series

s u m_{m a t h f r a k a i n m a t h c a l A} | N (m a t h f r a k a) |^{- 1 / n}

. Most notably, this generalizes a classical theorem of Euler on the series of reciprocals of positive rational primes.

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