dirichlet's unit theorem

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What does dirichlet's unit theorem mean?

A result that determines the rank of an abelian group of the group of units in the ring O_K of algebraic integers of a number field K.

Where does dirichlet's unit theorem come from?

Due to Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.

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