Paper 4, Section II, F

Number Fields
Part II, 2011

(i) Prove that the ring of integers OK\mathcal{O}_{K} in a real quadratic field KK contains a non-trivial unit. Any general results about lattices and convex bodies may be assumed.

(ii) State the general version of Dirichlet's unit theorem.

(iii) Show that for K=Q(7),8+37K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{7}), 8+3 \sqrt{7} is a fundamental unit in OK\mathcal{O}_{K}.

[You may not use results about continued fractions unless you prove them.]