Let be coprime square-free integers, and , with . Put , , and . Then is an integral basis of . All four entries are algebraic integers. For spanning, field traces to the three quadratic subfields show that an arbitrary algebraic integer has form with . Its field norm to is , where . The ring of integers of a quadratic field formula forces even and . These give and then . The element is consequently . The coefficient determinant proves rational linear independence.
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