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Title of object: ideal norm
Canonical Name: IdealNorm
Type: Definition

Created on: 2006-03-04 03:55:52
Modified on: 2006-10-27 10:42:13

Creator: pahio
Modifier: pahio
Author: pahio
Author: igor

Classification: msc:11R04
Keywords: residue class, congruence
Defines: congruent modulo the ideal, residue classes modulo the ideal, absolute norm of ideal
Synonyms: ideal norm=norm of an ideal
ideal norm=norm of ideal
ideal norm=absolute norm

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Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be algebraic integers in an algebraic number field $K$ and $\mathfrak{m}$ a non-zero ideal in the ring of integers of $K$.\, We say that $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are {\em congruent modulo the ideal} $\mathfrak{m}$ in the case that\, $\alpha\!-\!\beta \in \mathfrak{m}$.\, This is denoted by
$$\alpha \equiv \beta \pmod{\mathfrak{m}}.$$
This congruence relation \PMlinkescapetext{divides} the ring of integers of $K$ into equivalence classes, which are called the {\em residue classes modulo the ideal} $\mathfrak{m}$.

\textbf{Definition.}\, Let $K$ be an algebraic number field and\, $\mathfrak{a}$\, a non-zero ideal in $K$.\, The {\em absolute norm of ideal} $\mathfrak{a}$ means the number of all residue classes modulo $\mathfrak{a}$.

\textbf{Remark.}\, The \PMlinkescapetext{norm} of any ideal $\mathfrak{a}$ of $K$ is finite --- it has the expression
$$\N(\mathfrak{a}) = \sqrt{\frac{\Delta(\mathfrak{a})}{d}}$$
where $\Delta(\mathfrak{a})$ is the discriminant of the ideal and $d$ the fundamental number of the field.

\PMlinkescapetext{\textbf{Some properties}}
\begin{itemize}
\item $\N(\mathfrak{ab})
= \N(\mathfrak{a})\!\cdot\!\N(\mathfrak{b})$
\item $\N(\mathfrak{a}) = 1 \quad\Leftrightarrow\quad \mathfrak{a} = (1)$
\item $\N((\alpha)) = |\N(\alpha)|$
\item $\N(\mathfrak{a}) \in \mathfrak{a}$
\item If $\N(\mathfrak{p})$ is a rational prime, then $\mathfrak{p}$ is a prime ideal.
\end{itemize}