On an algorithm of Billevich for finding units in algebraic fields

Steiner, Ray; Rudman, Ronald

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1976-0404204-8

On an algorithm of Billevich for finding units in algebraic fields
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Math. Comp. 30 (1976), 598-609 Request permission

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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