p-primary parts of unit traces and the p-adic regulator
We prove that for every quadratic binomial f(x) = rx² + s ∈ ℤ[x] there are pairs ⟨a,b⟩ ∈ ℕ² such that a ≠ b, f(a) and f(b) have the same prime factors and min{a,b} is arbitrarily large. We prove the same result for every monic quadratic trinomial over ℤ.
[Proceedings of the Primeras Jornadas de Teoría de Números (Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona), 30 June - 2 July 2005)].
We introduce relative block semigroups as an appropriate tool for the study of certain phenomena of non-unique factorizations in residue classes. Thereby the main interest lies in rings of integers of algebraic number fields, where certain asymptotic results are obtained.