Unbounded maximal elements in the Frobenius problem over real number fields

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Let KK be a real number field and let β1,…,βd∈OK+\beta_1,\dots,\beta_d\in\mathfrak{O}_K^+ be a basis for OK\mathfrak{O}_K as a Z\mathbb{Z}-module. For positive integers m⩾1m\geqslant 1, write M(β1,…,βd,α)\mathfrak{M}(\beta_1,\dots,\beta_d,\alpha) for the set of maximal elements associated with these generators.

Unboundedness conjecture. For every positive integer m⩾1m\geqslant 1, there exists some α∈OK+\alpha\in\mathfrak{O}_K^+ such that

#M(β1,…,βd,α)⩾m.\#\mathfrak{M}(\beta_1,\dots,\beta_d,\alpha)\geqslant m.

The preceding quadratic-extension result shows that the cardinality of this set can be made arbitrarily large in that case. The conjecture asserts that the same phenomenon holds for arbitrary real number fields.

References

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Alex Feiner and Zion Hefty, “The Frobenius problem over real number fields”, arXiv:2310.12530 (2023).

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