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Infinitude of Wall–Sun–Sun primes: infinite_isWallSunSunPrime_of_disc_eq

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Let KK be a real quadratic field of discriminant DD and let ε\varepsilon be a fundamental unit of KK. Following [EJ10, Remark 2.2.8], an odd prime p∤Dp \nmid D is a Wall–Sun–Sun prime for KK if, in OK\mathcal{O}_K, εp−1≡1(modp2)\varepsilon^{p-1} \equiv 1 \pmod{p^2} when (Dp)=1\left(\tfrac{D}{p}\right) = 1, and ε2p+2≡1(modp2)\varepsilon^{2p+2} \equiv 1 \pmod{p^2} when (Dp)=−1\left(\tfrac{D}{p}\right) = -1. Both exponents are even, so the condition does not depend on the choice of ε\varepsilon, and it is equivalent to asking the same congruence for every unit of KK. For K=Q(5)K = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{5}) and ε=1+52\varepsilon = \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2} these are the classical Wall–Sun–Sun primes other than 22 and 55 [EJ10, Proposition 2.2.6].

It is conjectured that for every fundamental discriminant D≠1D \neq 1 there are infinitely many Wall–Sun–Sun primes with discriminant DD (Wikipedia; [EJ10, §4.1] gives the heuristic for Q(5)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{5})). It is stated here for D>0D > 0 only. Wikipedia's sentence also covers D<0D < 0, but [EJ10] gives the definition above only for real quadratic fields, and its literal extension to imaginary quadratic fields is degenerate: there every unit is a root of unity of order dividing 44 or 66, and that order divides the relevant exponent p−1p - 1 or 2p+22p + 2 for every odd prime p∤Dp \nmid D.

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theorem infinite_isWallSunSunPrime_of_disc_eq {K : Type*} [Field K] [NumberField K]
    [IsQuadraticExtension ℚ K] [IsTotallyReal K] {D : ℤ} (hD : discr K = D) :
    {p : ℕ | p.Prime ∧ Odd p ∧ ¬ (p : ℤ) ∣ D ∧ ∀ ε : (𝓞 K)ˣ,
      (p : 𝓞 K) ^ 2 ∣ (ε : 𝓞 K) ^ (if J(D | p) = 1 then p - 1 else 2 * p + 2) - 1}.Infinite := by
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Tagged category research open in google-deepmind/formal-conjectures at commit a64e959c32c2. Definitions used by the statement are in FormalConjectures/Wikipedia/WallSunSun.lean.

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