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On an algorithm of Billevich for finding units in algebraic fields
Authors:
Ray Steiner and Ronald Rudman
Journal:
Math. Comp. 30 (1976), 598-609
MSC:
Primary 12A45
MathSciNet review:
0404204
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Abstract: The well-known algorithm of Billevich for finding units in algebraic number fields is derived by algebraic methods. Some tables of units in cubic and quartic fields are given.
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DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1976-0404204-8
PII:
S 0025-5718(1976)0404204-8
Keywords:
Algebraic number field,
units,
Billevich's algorithm,
multiplicative lattices,
Cramer's rule,
fundamental units
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