Paper 4, Section II, H

Number Fields
Part II, 2009

Suppose that KK is a number field of degree n=r+2sn=r+2 s, where KK has exactly real embeddings.

Show that the group of units in OK\mathcal{O}_{K} is a finitely generated abelian group of rank at most r+s1r+s-1. Identify the torsion subgroup in terms of roots of unity.

[General results about discrete subgroups of a Euclidean real vector space may be used without proof, provided that they are stated clearly.]

Find all the roots of unity in Q(11)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{11}).