A totally imaginary field is a field with no real embeddings. A general number field of degree
has
real embeddings
and
imaginary embeddings
(
),
where
.
If
,
is totally imaginary; if
, it is totally real; otherwise it is imaginary but not totally
imaginary.
Totally Imaginary Field
See also
Imaginary Embedding, Imaginary Quadratic Field, Number Field Signature, Real EmbeddingThis entry contributed by David Terr
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