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cyclotomic units (Definition)

Let $L=\Q(\zeta_m)$ be a cyclotomic extension of $\Q$ with $m$ chosen to be minimal. Then the ring of integers is given by $\Z(\zeta_m)$ , and we denote the group of units by $\mc{O}_L^\times$ . The cyclotomic units are the elements of a subgroup $C$ of $\mc{O}_L^\times$ given by

$\displaystyle \eta=\frac{\zeta_m^r-1}{\zeta_m^s-1}$    

with $r$ and $s$ relatively prime to $m$ .




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the cyclotomic units are algebraic units (Theorem) by alozano
index of the group of cyclotomic units in the full unit group (Theorem) by alozano
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Cross-references: relatively prime, subgroup, group of units, ring of integers, minimal, cyclotomic extension
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AMS MSC11R18 (Number theory :: Algebraic number theory: global fields :: Cyclotomic extensions)

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