Topology of Numbers · Problem 8.3.9

Quadratic Fields — Allen Hatcher

Mathematics — Number Theory · quadratic-fields-ideals-lattices

Problem

(a) We know that if LL is an ideal in RΔR_\Delta then so is γL\gamma L for each nonzero γ\gamma in RΔR_\Delta. Show the converse, that LL is an ideal if γL\gamma L is an ideal. (b) Show that if γL\gamma L is a principal ideal then so is LL.

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