Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2005/ii/paper-1/20g/solution

The three quadratic subfields are , and . Their integer rings are respectively , and , since their squarefree radicands are modulo four. Write . Relative traces to these three fields are , and . Traces of algebraic integers are integral, so all four doubled coefficients are integers. Thus
The PDF names the wrong quadratic subfield for its next displayed norm coefficients. They are obtained from , not . The relevant conjugation changes the sign of , giving
Its membership in proves the requested divisibilities. For comparison, the norm to the printed subfield is , a different expression.
The first divisibility modulo two makes have the same parity. The second makes even, so they cannot both be odd: and are even. Substituting this into the first divisibility modulo four shows is even, hence . Therefore every algebraic integer is an integer linear combination of
Indeed the last two half-coefficients are . These four elements are rationally independent. They are all integral: for , , and consequently
is a monic polynomial with integer coefficients. Their integer span consists of algebraic integers and contains every algebraic integer by the preceding argument, proving the integral basis of a two-prime biquadratic field. This repairs the subfield typo without changing the claimed basis.

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