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- From: dbradley@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (David Bradley)
- Subject: Re: Euclidean Domain
- References: <1993Jan8.211440.374@ncar.ucar.edu>
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- Organization: Math Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:02:02 GMT
- Keywords: Elementary Proof
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- In article <HAMMOND.93Jan3134111@annemarie.albany.edu>, hammond@csc.albany.edu (
- >William F. Hammond) writes:
- >
- >Hungerford's problem #8 Chapter III section 3 (in my edition) asks to show
- >a + b(1 + sqrt(19)) a,b \in Q is a principal ideal domain but not a
- >Euclidean domain.
-
- For the record, that should read {a + b(1 + sqrt(19))/2 : a,b \in Z} or
- equivalently, R := { a + b sqrt(19) : a,b \in (Z + 1/2) }. See the
- November 1988 issue of the Monthly for a short, elementary proof that
- the above ring is a PID but not an ED (not just not Euclidean in the
- norm, but that no Euclidean function works).
-
- >Any information netters know about this, I would be interested in hearing
- >about. What is the "folklore" on the subject?
-
- I've been told that making the above an exercise, with no hints or
- similar disproofs in the text was "irresponsible".
-
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