In this article we shall give a survey of Hasse’s problem for integral power bases of algebraic number fields during the last half of century. Specifically, we developed this problem for the abelian number fields and we shall show several substantial examples for our main theorem [7] [9], which will indicate the actual method to generalize for the forthcoming theme on Hasse’s problem [15].
A result on the orders of the reductions of an element of the group of S-units of a number field is obtained by investigating three height functions for groups of S-units of number fields which are analogous to local, global and canonical height functions for elliptic curves.
We prove inequalities that compare the size of an S-regulator with a product of heights of multiplicatively independent S-units. Our upper bound for the S-regulator follows from a general upper bound for the determinant of a real matrix proved by Schinzel. The lower bound for the S-regulator follows from Minkowski's theorem on successive minima and a volume formula proved by Meyer and Pajor. We establish similar upper bounds for the relative regulator of an extension l/k of number fields.