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Arithmetics of number fields and generalized continued fractions
Tinková, Magdaléna ; Kala, Vítězslav (advisor) ; Blomer, Valentin (referee) ; Earnest, Andrew (referee)
This thesis focuses on additively indecomposable integers in totally real number fields and their application in the study of universal quadratic forms. For the determination of such elements, we develop two different methods, which are based on their geometrical properties and multidimensional continued fractions, especially on the so-called Jacobi- Perron algorithm. In particular, we are interested in quadratic, biquadratic, and cubic number fields. For them, we provide several new results on the number of variables of their universal quadratic forms and the structure, norms, and minimal traces of their indecomposable integers. One part is also devoted to the related question of the so-called Pythagoras number, where we use our results on indecomposable integers. 1
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