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I'm completely stuck here, can anyone help me?
Prove that an algebraic integer is a unit in Z(a)
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I'm completely stuck here, can anyone help me?
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lahuxixi said:
I'm completely stuck here, can anyone help me?
You shouldn't be completely stuck. One direction at least is easy. ##\alpha^n+a_{n-1}\alpha^{n-1}+...+a_1 \alpha=-a_0##. Can you show that if ##a_0=\pm 1## then ##\alpha## is a unit?