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==Definition==
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The ring of integers in a number field is also termed a '''maximal order''', here an [[order in a number field|order]] is a subring of <math>K</math> which is free as a <math>\mathbb{Z}</math>-module, and which, over <math>\mathbb{Q}</math>, generates <math>K</math>.
The ring of integers in a number field is also termed a '''maximal order''', here an [[order in a number field|order]] is a subring of <math>K</math> which is free as a <math>\mathbb{Z}</math>-module, and which, over <math>\mathbb{Q}</math>, generates <math>K</math>.
==Relation with other properties==
===Weaker properties===
* [[Dedekind domain]]

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"ring of integers" redirects here. For the ring of rational integers, see ring of rational integers

Definition

Let be a number field. Then the ring of integers in , denoted , is the subring of comprising all those elements which are integral over , in other words, which satisfy monic polynomials with integer coefficients.

The ring of integers in a number field is also termed a maximal order, here an order is a subring of which is free as a -module, and which, over , generates .

Relation with other properties

Weaker properties