Let OL be the ring of integers in a number field L, and let a⩽OL be a non-zero ideal of OL.
(a) Show that a∩Z={0}.
(b) Show that OL/a is a finite abelian group.
(c) Show that if x∈L has xa⊆a, then x∈OL.
(d) Suppose [L:Q]=2, and a=⟨b,α⟩, with b∈Z and α∈OL. Show that ⟨b,α⟩⟨b,αˉ⟩ is principal.
[You may assume that a has an integral basis.]