Jang–Kim's maximal norm conjecture for indecomposable integers

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Let DD be a positive nonsquare integer, let Z[D]\mathbb Z[\sqrt D] be the quadratic order, and let NN be the minimum of the absolute values of negative norms of elements of Z[D]\mathbb Z[\sqrt D]. Let aa be the smallest nonnegative rational integer such that NN divides D−a2D-a^2. An element of Z[D]\mathbb Z[\sqrt D] is indecomposable if it cannot be written as a sum of two totally positive elements. Jang–Kim's conjecture. For every indecomposable α∈Z[D]\alpha\in\mathbb Z[\sqrt D], one has

N(α)≤D−a2N.N(\alpha)\leq \frac{D-a^2}{N}.

The conjecture proposed an improvement of the general bound N(α)≤D/NN(\alpha)\leq D/N for indecomposable integers. It is false in the quadratic field considered in the paper, so the proposed bound does not hold in general.

References

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Vítězslav Kala, “Norms of indecomposable integers in real quadratic fields”, arXiv:1512.04691 (2016).

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