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Why do $7, 13$ generate a rank $2$ subgroup of the group of units of $mathbb{Q}_3$?
I.e. if $7^a= 13^b$ in the local field $mathbb{Q}_3$ and $a, b$ are integers, then $(a, b)=(0,0)$.
(This claim is made on p.75 of Washington’s Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields)










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    If "$a,b$ are integers", what does it have to do with $mathbb{Q}_3$?
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    @metamorphy I’m not sure I follow what you are asking, but I the question is trivial by unique factorization if we are in $mathbb{Q}$, and maybe it’s also trivial in $mathbb{Q}_3$ but I don’t see why
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Why do $7, 13$ generate a rank $2$ subgroup of the group of units of $mathbb{Q}_3$?
I.e. if $7^a= 13^b$ in the local field $mathbb{Q}_3$ and $a, b$ are integers, then $(a, b)=(0,0)$.
(This claim is made on p.75 of Washington’s Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields)










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    If "$a,b$ are integers", what does it have to do with $mathbb{Q}_3$?
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    @metamorphy I’m not sure I follow what you are asking, but I the question is trivial by unique factorization if we are in $mathbb{Q}$, and maybe it’s also trivial in $mathbb{Q}_3$ but I don’t see why
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    This is an equation in $mathbb{Q}$ ($=mathbb{Q}capmathbb{Q}_3$). As you know the solution in $mathbb{Q}$... you're done.
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Why do $7, 13$ generate a rank $2$ subgroup of the group of units of $mathbb{Q}_3$?
I.e. if $7^a= 13^b$ in the local field $mathbb{Q}_3$ and $a, b$ are integers, then $(a, b)=(0,0)$.
(This claim is made on p.75 of Washington’s Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields)










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Why do $7, 13$ generate a rank $2$ subgroup of the group of units of $mathbb{Q}_3$?
I.e. if $7^a= 13^b$ in the local field $mathbb{Q}_3$ and $a, b$ are integers, then $(a, b)=(0,0)$.
(This claim is made on p.75 of Washington’s Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields)







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    If "$a,b$ are integers", what does it have to do with $mathbb{Q}_3$?
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    @metamorphy I’m not sure I follow what you are asking, but I the question is trivial by unique factorization if we are in $mathbb{Q}$, and maybe it’s also trivial in $mathbb{Q}_3$ but I don’t see why
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    @metamorphy I’m not sure I follow what you are asking, but I the question is trivial by unique factorization if we are in $mathbb{Q}$, and maybe it’s also trivial in $mathbb{Q}_3$ but I don’t see why
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    This is an equation in $mathbb{Q}$ ($=mathbb{Q}capmathbb{Q}_3$). As you know the solution in $mathbb{Q}$... you're done.
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If "$a,b$ are integers", what does it have to do with $mathbb{Q}_3$?
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$begingroup$
@metamorphy I’m not sure I follow what you are asking, but I the question is trivial by unique factorization if we are in $mathbb{Q}$, and maybe it’s also trivial in $mathbb{Q}_3$ but I don’t see why
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$begingroup$
@metamorphy I’m not sure I follow what you are asking, but I the question is trivial by unique factorization if we are in $mathbb{Q}$, and maybe it’s also trivial in $mathbb{Q}_3$ but I don’t see why
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This is an equation in $mathbb{Q}$ ($=mathbb{Q}capmathbb{Q}_3$). As you know the solution in $mathbb{Q}$... you're done.
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This is an equation in $mathbb{Q}$ ($=mathbb{Q}capmathbb{Q}_3$). As you know the solution in $mathbb{Q}$... you're done.
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If $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Q}_3$, then $7^{-a}=13^{-b}$ so we may assume $a$ nonnegative. If $b>0$ then $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Z}$, which is impossible; if $b<0$ then $7^a 13^{-b}=1$, again in $mathbb{Z}$, which is again impossible. Thus $b=0$, and therefore $a=0$.






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    Alternatively, since the claim is true in $Bbb Q$, and since $Bbb Q^times toBbb Q^times_p$ is an injection, it’s true in $Bbb Q_p$ as well.






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      If $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Q}_3$, then $7^{-a}=13^{-b}$ so we may assume $a$ nonnegative. If $b>0$ then $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Z}$, which is impossible; if $b<0$ then $7^a 13^{-b}=1$, again in $mathbb{Z}$, which is again impossible. Thus $b=0$, and therefore $a=0$.






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        If $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Q}_3$, then $7^{-a}=13^{-b}$ so we may assume $a$ nonnegative. If $b>0$ then $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Z}$, which is impossible; if $b<0$ then $7^a 13^{-b}=1$, again in $mathbb{Z}$, which is again impossible. Thus $b=0$, and therefore $a=0$.






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          If $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Q}_3$, then $7^{-a}=13^{-b}$ so we may assume $a$ nonnegative. If $b>0$ then $7^a=13^b$ in $mathbb{Z}$, which is impossible; if $b<0$ then $7^a 13^{-b}=1$, again in $mathbb{Z}$, which is again impossible. Thus $b=0$, and therefore $a=0$.







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              Alternatively, since the claim is true in $Bbb Q$, and since $Bbb Q^times toBbb Q^times_p$ is an injection, it’s true in $Bbb Q_p$ as well.






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