The conjecture that the unit-group ring is trivial for non-big non-imaginary-quadratic fields

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Let KK be a non-big field, meaning an algebraic extension of Q\mathbb{Q} that is not big, and let RKR_K denote the ring constructed from the unit group of KK. Triviality conjecture. If KK is not an imaginary quadratic field, then

RK=Z.R_K=\mathbb{Z}.

Earlier results in the source show this in several cases, including degree-44 extensions and non-big fields without imaginary quadratic subfields or that are CM-fields. The conjecture remains open in the general non-big, non-imaginary-quadratic case.

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Primary source

Barry Mazur, Karl Rubin and Alexandra Shlapentokh, “Defining Z using unit groups”, arXiv:2303.02521 (2024).

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