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Let θ=33​. The power-basis discriminant is
disc(1,θ,θ2)=disc(x3−3)=−27⋅9=−243.
(1)
If Z[θ] were a proper sublattice of OK​, part (a) would produce a prime p whose square divides 243 and a new integral element with denominator p. The only possible prime is 3. But x3−3 is Eisenstein at 3, and part (b) says that every integral element of (1/3)Z[θ] already belongs to Z[θ]. This is a contradiction. Hence
OK​=Z[33​],(1,33​,39​) is an integral basis.​
(2)

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