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I have some problems on the Fundamental mesh of ideals in Minkwoski space.

For simplicity, Let $F$ be a totally real number field with $\mathfrak o_F$ the integral ring and $h_F$ the class number. Let $\mathfrak N_1$ and $\mathfrak N_2$ be two co-prime integral ideals of $F$.

Let $\mathcal M:=\prod_{v\mid \infty}F_v$ be the Minkwoski space. We know $\mathfrak o_F$, $\mathfrak N_1$ and $\mathfrak N_2$ are all complete lattices in $\mathcal M$. Let $\mathcal M(\mathfrak o_F)$, $\mathcal M(\mathfrak N_1)$ and $\mathcal M(\mathfrak N_2)$ be the canonical fundamental meshes in $\mathcal M$, respectively.

My problems are the following.

  1. Assume $\mathfrak N_1=(\alpha_1,\alpha_2)$. Do we have $$ \mathcal M(\mathfrak N_1)=\mathcal M((\alpha_1))\bigcap \mathcal M((\alpha_2)) ? $$

  2. For $\mathfrak N_1$ and $\mathfrak N_2$ are co-prime integral ideals. Under what condition does $$ \mathcal M(\mathfrak N_1)\subsetneq\mathcal M(\mathfrak N_2)?$$


I am not sure if the following argument is true.

Since $\mathfrak N_1$ is a free $\mathbb Z$-module, let $\{\alpha_1,\cdots \alpha_n\}$ be the $\mathbb Z$-basis. For $j:F\rightarrow F_\mathbb R$ the injectiion from $F$ into Minkowski space $F_\mathbb R$, we know $$ \Gamma_1=\mathbb Z j(\alpha_1)+\cdots +\mathbb Z j(\alpha_n) $$ is a complete lattice in $F_\mathbb R$, and $$ X=\{c_1 j(\alpha_1)+\cdots c_n j(\alpha_n),\quad -1

The image of $\mathfrak N_2$ in $F_\mathbb R$ is also a complete lattice $\Gamma_2=j(\mathfrak N_2)$. By Minkowski's lattice theorem, if $$ \mathrm{vol}(X)>2^n\mathrm{vol}(\mathfrak N_2), $$there exists $0\neq\alpha\in\mathfrak N_2$ which is alos in $X$.

Therefore, a sufficient condition that $\mathcal M(\mathfrak N_2)\subsetneq \mathcal M(\mathfrak N_1)$, is $$|\mathfrak N_1|>|\mathfrak N_2|. $$

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