Documentation

Atlas.EllipticCurves.code.MaximalOrder

The ring of integers 𝓞 K of a number field K is a -order: it is a free -module whose rank equals the -dimension of K. This is the order property needed for Theorem 12.26 (the ring of integers is the unique maximal order).

Any -order O in a number field K is contained in the integral closure of in K (i.e. in 𝓞 K). This is the "containment half" of Theorem 12.26 expressing that the ring of integers is the unique maximal order.

theorem MaximalOrder.ringOfIntegers_unique_maximalOrder (K : Type u_1) [Field K] [NumberField K] (O : Subalgebra K) [Module.Finite O] (hmax : ∀ (O' : Subalgebra K) [Module.Finite O'], O O'O' O) :

Theorem 12.26: the ring of integers 𝓞 K of a number field K is the unique maximal -order in K. If O is a -order that is maximal among finite -orders containing it, then O equals the integral closure of in K.