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Stream: Is there code for X?

Topic: The "house" of an algebraic integer


Michail Karatarakis (Dec 05 2023 at 15:22):

Do we want the "house" of an algebraic integer in mathlib (if it's not there) ?

Let KK be an algebraic number field of degree h,h, and let β1,…,βh\beta_1, \ldots , \beta_h be an integer basis, so that every integer in KK has the unique representation a1β1+…+ahβha_1\beta_1 + \ldots + a_h\beta_h where a1,…,aha_1, \ldots , a_h are rational integers.

If aa is an algebraic integer with a=a1β1+…+ahβh,a = a_1\beta_1 + \ldots + a_h\beta_h, then the ''house'' of aa is denoted by ∣a∣‾\overline{| a |} and is the largest modulus of its conjugates a(i)a^{(i)} of a,a, that is ∣a∣‾=max(1≤i≤h)∣a(i)∣.\overline{| a |} = max_{(1 \leq i \leq h)} | a^{(i)} |.


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