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Eisenstein integer

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Eisenstein integer (plural Eisenstein integers)

(algebra) A complex number of the form



a
+
b
ω


{\displaystyle a+b\omega }

, where a and b are integers and ω is defined by the following two rules: (1)




ω

3


=
1


{\displaystyle \omega ^{3}=1}

and (2)



1
+
ω
+

ω

2


=
0


{\displaystyle 1+\omega +\omega ^{2}=0}

; an element of the Euclidean domain




Z

[
ω
]


{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} [\omega ]}

.
To divide an Eisenstein integer



a
+
b
ω


{\displaystyle a+b\omega }

by another Eisenstein integer



c
+
d
ω


{\displaystyle c+d\omega }

, notice that



(
c
+
d
ω
)
(
c
+
d
)
(
c
+
d

ω

2


)
=

c

3


+

d

3




{\displaystyle (c+d\omega )(c+d)(c+d\omega ^{2})=c^{3}+d^{3}}

; accordingly multiply both denominator and numerator (of the division expressed as a fraction) by



(
c
+
d
)
(
c
+
d

ω

2


)


{\displaystyle (c+d)(c+d\omega ^{2})}

, then simplify.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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