Integral basis of the fourth-root-of-two field

ID: integral-basis-of-the-fourth-root-of-two-field

Write and an algebraic integer as with rational coefficients. Traces to show are integers. The norm has coefficients and in the integral basis . Set , , , . Integrality gives and . The second forces even and then even; the first forces even; returning to the second forces divisible by four. Thus all original coefficients are integers, proving the integral basis .

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