Exercise 15.5.5

Prove that | ( [ i ] 3 [ i ] ) | = 8 .

Answers

Proof. Since 3 1 ( mod 4 ) , 3 is a prime in [ i ] . By Lemma 15.4.2, [ i ] 3 [ i ] is a field isomorphic to 𝔽 N ( 3 ) = 𝔽 9 , with 9 elements. This implies that

| ( [ i ] 3 [ i ] ) | = | ( [ i ] 3 [ i ] ) { 0 } | = 8 .

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