On integral basis of pure number fields

Abstract

Let $K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[n]{a})$ be an extension of degree $n$ of the field $\Q$ of rational numbers, where the integer $a$ is such that for each prime $p$ dividing $n$ either $p\nmid a$ or the highest power of $p$ dividing $a$ is coprime to $p$; this condition is clearly satisfied when $a, n$ are coprime or $a$ is squarefree. The present paper gives explicit construction of an integral basis of $K$ along with applications. This construction of an integral basis of $K$ extends a result proved in [J. Number Theory, {173} (2017), 129-146] regarding periodicity of integral bases of $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[n]{a})$ when $a$ is squarefree.