Thursday, October 12, 2017

abstract algebra - When are u and 1-u never both units?

I was trying to generalize a solution to a problem (if PZ[x],nZ, then P(P(P(n)))n unless P(n)=n), and I found a sufficient condition to replace Z with a domain R: u and 1u are never simultaneously units. Equivalently, u(1u) is never a unit in R for uR. Unfortunately, the only examples I can find of rings with this property are the integers and the Gaussian integers.



Are there other rings with this property, or perhaps a more general condition that implies this property? What if we restrict ourselves to rings of integers of number fields?

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