Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2019/ib/paper-3/11g/a/solution

The Eisenstein integers are , where . Their multiplicative algebraic norm is
Given , choose an Eisenstein integer nearest to the complex number . The hexagonal lattice has covering radius , so
With , multiplicativity gives
Thus division with remainder decreases the nonnegative integer norm, proving that .

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