 Nondegeneracy of the trace form of a number field (source code)

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= Nondegeneracy of the trace form of a number field

For nonzero $x\in K$, choose $y=x^{-1}$. Then
$$
B(x,y)=\operatorname{Tr}_{K/\mathbb Q}(1)=[K:\mathbb Q]\ne0,
$$
so the trace form is <nondegenerate bilinear form>[nondegenerate].

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