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Kernel of the logarithmic unit embedding

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The kernel of Log:OK×​→Rr+s is exactly μ(K). If every conjugate of a unit has modulus one, all its powers lie in a bounded subset of the discrete Minkowski lattice OK​, so two powers coincide and the unit is a root of unity.

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