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Past exam of the number theory course of the University of Oxford 2011 B 4 c Solution by
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Let . The power-basis discriminant isIf were a proper sublattice of , part (a) would produce a prime whose square divides and a new integral element with denominator . The only possible prime is . But is Eisenstein at , and part (b) says that every integral element of already belongs to . This is a contradiction. Hence
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