Ziegler's conjecture on power bases of units in pure number-field orders

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Let d≥2d\geq 2 be an integer and let m∈Z∖{0}m\in\mathbb{Z}\setminus\{0\} be such that md\sqrt[d]{m} has algebraic degree dd. The order Z[md]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt[d]{m}] is the subring generated by this algebraic integer, and a power basis consisting of units is a basis of the form 1,α,α2,…,αd−11,\alpha,\alpha^2,\ldots,\alpha^{d-1} whose elements are all units for a suitable generator α\alpha. Ziegler's conjecture. The order Z[md]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt[d]{m}] admits a power basis consisting of units if and only if m=ad±1m=a^d\pm1 for some integer aa. This extends the known quartic result and analogous results in lower degrees; the source gives no resolution of the general statement.

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Fabrizio Barroero, Christopher Frei and Robert F. Tichy, “Additive unit representations in global fields - A survey”, arXiv:1102.0120 (2011).

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