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Let K be an algebraic number field with non-trivial class group G and ${}_K$ be its ring of integers. For k ∈ ℕ and some real x ≥ 1, let $F_k\left(x\right)$ denote the number of non-zero principal ideals $a_K$ with norm bounded by x such that a has at most k distinct factorizations into irreducible elements. It is well known that $F_k\left(x\right)$ behaves for x → ∞ asymptotically like $x{\left(logx\right)}^{1-1/\left|G\right|}{\left(loglogx\right)}^{{}_k\left(G\right)}$. We prove, among other results, that $₁\left(C_{n₁}\oplus C_{n₂}\right)=n₁+n₂$ for all integers n₁,n₂ with 1 < n₁|n₂.

Let K be an algebraic number field with non-trivial class group G and ${}_K$ be its ring of integers. For k ∈ ℕ and some real x ≥ 1, let $F_k\left(x\right)$ denote the number of non-zero principal ideals $a_K$ with norm bounded by x such that a has at most k distinct factorizations into irreducible elements. It is well known that $F_k\left(x\right)$ behaves, for x → ∞, asymptotically like $x{\left(logx\right)}^{1/\left|G\right|-1}{\left(loglogx\right)}^{{}_k\left(G\right)}$. In this article, it is proved that for every prime p, $₁\left(C_p\oplus C_p\right)=2p$, and it is also proved that $₁\left(C_{mp}\oplus C_{mp}\right)=2mp$ if $₁\left(C_m\oplus C_m\right)=2m$ and m is large enough. In particular, it is shown that for...