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How to find the discriminant of a number field ?

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I want to find the discriminant of the number field Q(2) and the field Q(2,i) and Q(3+i) ?

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answered 8 years ago

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Not sure if this is what you're looking for , but you can try something like this :

For Q(\sqrt{2}) :
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2-2)
sage: K.disc()
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answered 8 years ago

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