On the quadriquadric Curve in connexion with the theory of Elliptic Functions
Let be a prime number. A finite Galois extension of a number field with group has a normal -integral basis (-NIB for short) when is free of rank one over the group ring . Here, is the ring of -integers of . Let be a power of and a cyclic extension of degree . When , we give a necessary and sufficient condition for to have a -NIB (Theorem 3). When and , we show that has a -NIB if and only if has a -NIB (Theorem 1). When divides , we show that this descent property...
We show that the S-Euclidean minimum of an ideal class is a rational number, generalizing a result of Cerri. In the proof, we actually obtain a slight refinement of this and give some corollaries which explain the relationship of our results with Lenstra's notion of a norm-Euclidean ideal class and the conjecture of Barnes and Swinnerton-Dyer on quadratic forms. In particular, we resolve a conjecture of Lenstra except when the S-units have rank one. The proof is self-contained but uses ideas from...