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= Solution

Since $17$ is square-free and $17\equiv1\pmod4$, the standard quadratic-field integral-basis theorem gives
$$
\mathcal O_K=\mathbb Z\left[\frac{1+\sqrt{17}}2\right].
$$
Indeed, the displayed generator has monic <polynomial> $x^2-x-4$, and the discriminant of this <basis> is $17$, the <field discriminant>; no larger order is possible.

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