prime ideal decomposition in quadratic extensions of
Let be a quadratic number field, i.e. forsome square-free integer . The discriminant of the extension is
Let denote the ring of integers of . We have:
Prime ideals of decompose as follows in :
Theorem 1.
Let be a prime.
- 1.
If (divides), then;
- 2.
If is odd, then
- 3.
If , does not divide , then
References
- 1 Daniel A.Marcus, Number Fields. Springer, New York.