I'd like to find the four independent units in (the ring of integers of ) $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3}) \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ We also have that $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3}) \simeq \mathbb{Q}[x,y]/(x^2 - 2, y^2 - 3)$, as a field extension.
I just want to find the Norm, $\mathfrak{N}(x)$ for $x = a + b \sqrt{2} + c \sqrt{3} + d\sqrt{6} \in \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3})$. The conjugates are like this:
$$ \big(a + b \sqrt{2} + c \sqrt{3} + d\sqrt{6}\big) \big(a - b \sqrt{2} + c \sqrt{3} - d\sqrt{6}\big) \big(a + b \sqrt{2} - c \sqrt{3} - d\sqrt{6}\big) \big(a - b \sqrt{2} - c \sqrt{3} + d\sqrt{6}\big)$$
If we multiply all four of these things together, we obtain a mess. I used sympy: $$ a^4 - 4\,a^2b^2 - 6\,a^2c^2 - 12\,a^2d^2 + 48\,abcd + 4\,b^4 - 12\,b^2c^2 - 24\,b^2d^2 + 9\,c^4 - 36\,c^2d^2 + 36\,d^4 $$ Instead we can rearrange the terms it looks almost manageable: $$ (a^4 + 4\,b^4 + 9\,c^4 + 36\,d^4)- (4\,a^2 b^2 + 6 \, a^2 c^2 + 12\,a^2 d^2 + 12\,b^2c^2 + 24\,b^2 d^2 + 36\, c^2 d^2 ) + (48\, abcd)$$ and Dirichlet's Unit theorem says we can find integers $a,b,c,d \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that this thing $=1$.
Fortunately, I can find two subfields off the bat: $[\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3}): \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2})] = 2$ and $[\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3}): \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3})] = 2$ and we get that :
$$ 1, 3 + 2\sqrt{2}, 2 + \sqrt{3} \in \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3}) $$ are still units in this quartic field (by Pell Eq). There's one left. Which is it?
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