A short note on number fields defined by exponential Taylor polynomials

Abstract

Let $n$ be a positive integer and $f_n(x)=1+x+\frac{x^2}{2!}+\cdots +\frac{x^n}{n!}$ denote the $n$-th Taylor polynomial of the exponential function. Let $K=\mathbf{Q}(\theta )$ be an algebraic number field where $\theta$ is a root of $f_n(x)$ and ${\mathbf{Z}}_K$ denote the ring of algebraic integers of $K$. In this paper, we prove that for any prime $p$, $p$ does not divide the index of the subgroup $\mathbf{Z}[\theta ]$ in ${\mathbf{Z}}_K$ if and only if $p^2\nmid n!$.