The power basis is an integral basis. The defining polynomial is irreducible by Eisenstein's criterion at two and its discriminant is . The discriminant-index formula for an integral lattice restricts its index in the ring of integers to one or two. An index of two would supply an algebraic integer with not all zero. Its field trace forces . If this gives directly; if , the identity gives the same integrality. But , while excludes integrality by the field norm. Thus the index is one, proving the claim.
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