A note on Cusick's theorem on units in totally real cubic fields
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Let ε = ε1, with conjugates ε2, ε3, be a unit in a totally real cubic field, and let . Let ε be a unit for which T (ε) is least and let η be a unit, not a power of ε, for which T(η) is least. It was shown by Cusick[l] that ε,η form a pair of fundamental units under certain conditions. The purpose of the present note is to show that these conditions are unnecessary and that ε, η form a pair of fundamental units in all cases.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 1 - 2
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