Solution

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For a basis of a module of the full-rank module , define its discriminant of elements of a number field by
The field discriminant is this determinant for an integral basis of . A change of integral basis with determinant does not change it. Write in an integral basis and let . The two trace matrices satisfy . The index of the lattice is , as follows for example from Smith normal form. Therefore
Multiplicative closure makes an order when it contains one, but the determinant argument itself requires only full finite index, so it also covers the stated module hypothesis without that extra condition.

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