S-unit group (${\mathcal{O}}_{K,S}^{\times }$)

For a number field $K$ and a finite set $S$ of finite primes, an S-unit is an element of $K^{\times }$ whose discrete valuation is zero at every prime outside $S$. Its group is the unit group of the ring obtained by allowing denominators at $S$. The Dirichlet unit theorem and the valuation homomorphism to ${\mathbb{Z}}^S$ show that this group is a finitely generated abelian group.

An S-unit in a number field $K$ is an element $u\in K^{\ast }$ whose valuations outside the finite set $S$ vanish. Equivalently, it is a unit of the ring of S-integers ${\mathcal{O}}_{K,S}$. The S-unit group is finitely generated by the Dirichlet unit theorem together with generators arising from the inverted primes.