A Detailed Proof of Pohst's Inequality

Abstract

In 1977 Pohst conjectured a certain inequality for n variables and give a computer-assisted proof for n≤ 10. We give a proof for all n using a combinatorial argument. This inequality yields a better bound for the regulator in terms of the discriminant for totally real number fields.

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