An analysis using the Zaks-Skula constant of element factorizations in Dedekind domains

DOI10.1006/JABR.1993.1153MaRDI QIDQ687626zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors William W. Smith, Scott T. Chapman

Publication date 20 December 1993

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1993.1153

zbMATH Keywords

class groupDedekind domainslengths of factorizationsupper bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Units and factorization (11R27) Dedekind, Prüfer, Krull and Mori rings and their generalizations (13F05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06)

Review text

For a Dedekind domain \(D\) let \(\rho(D)\) be the least upper bound for the ratio of the lengths of two factorizations into irreducibles of a non- unit element of \(D\). This function has been studied by \textit{J. Steffan} [J. Algebra 102, 229-236 (1986; Zbl 0593.13015)] and \textit{R. J. Valenza} [J. Number Theory 36, 212-218 (1990; Zbl 0721.11043)] and called the elasticity of \(D\). Further let \(\Phi(n)\) be the number of distinct lengths of factorizations which a product of \(n\) irreducible elements in \(D\) may have. An upper bound for \(\rho(D)\) is established which permits the study of the asymptotic behaviour of \(\Phi(n)\). In a later paper [J. Number Theory 43, 24-30 (1993; Zbl 0765.11043)] the authors showed that if \(D\) has a finite class group \(G\) and there are prime ideals in every ideal class then one has \(\lim \Phi(n)/n= (D(G)^ 2-4)/2D(G)\), where \(D(G)\) denotes the Davenport's constant of \(G\).

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