Prime ideal orbits in a quadratic number-field extension. These are the arithmetic inputs for factoring invariant ideals into extended base ideals and ramified prime factors.
The action of σ : K ≃ₐ[F] K on ideals of 𝓞 K is the image under the induced automorphism of
𝓞 K.
In a quadratic extension K / F, every prime ideal of 𝓞 K has ramification index 1 or 2
over 𝓞 F.
In a quadratic extension with nontrivial automorphism σ, a prime ideal of 𝓞 K not fixed by
σ is unramified over 𝓞 F.
In a quadratic extension with nontrivial automorphism σ, a nonzero prime Q of 𝓞 K fixed by
σ is the only prime above its contraction P, so P 𝓞 K = Q ^ e with e its ramification
index.
In a quadratic extension with nontrivial automorphism σ, a nonzero prime Q of 𝓞 K not
fixed by σ satisfies P 𝓞 K = Q * σ Q, where P is its contraction to 𝓞 F.