diff --git a/NumberFields/NumberFields.m2 b/NumberFields/NumberFields.m2
index f2d1088..b6245b0 100755
--- a/NumberFields/NumberFields.m2
+++ b/NumberFields/NumberFields.m2
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@ NumberField = new Type of Ring
 
 numberField = method(Options => {})
 numberField(RingElement) := opts -> f1 -> (
+	print("1");
 	R1 := ring f1;
-
+	print("2");
 	if not isField coefficientRing R1 then error("Expected a polynomial over a field.");
 	if #(gens R1) != 1 then error("Expected a polynomial in one variable.");
 	if char R1 != 0 then error("Expected characteristic 0.");
 
 	-- Verifies that the resulting quotient is a field.
 	if f1 == 0 then error("Expected nonzero polynomial.");
+	print(f1);
 	if not isPrime ideal(f1) then error("Expected an irreducible polynomial.");
 
 	new NumberField from toField (R1/ideal(f1))
diff --git a/NumberFields/norm.m2 b/NumberFields/norm.m2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8836a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NumberFields/norm.m2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+loadPackage ("NumberFields", Reload=>true)
+norm(Ring, RingElement) := (S, elt) ->(
+    det pushFwd(map(S^1, S^1, {{elt}}))
+);
diff --git a/NumberFields/trace.m2 b/NumberFields/trace.m2
index 720711c..3cc024e 100644
--- a/NumberFields/trace.m2
+++ b/NumberFields/trace.m2
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
 loadPackage ("NumberFields", Reload=>true)
-
-R = QQ[]
-S = QQ[x]/(x^6+x^5+x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1)
-S = QQ[x]/(x^3-2)
-S = QQ[x,y]/(x^3-2, y^2+y+1)
-
-phi = map(S, R)
-myList = pushFwd phi
-elementOverR = myList#2
-
-myMatrix = elementOverR(x^2)
-
-A = map(S^1, S^1, {{x^3}}) -- ^1 turns a ring into a rank-one module, ^2 turns it into a rank-two module, etc.
-pushFwd(map(S^1, S^1, {{x^2}}))
-trace pushFwd(map(S^1, S^1, {{1_S}}))
-
-degree(myList#0)
\ No newline at end of file
+trace(Ring, RingElement) := (S, elt) -> (
+    trace pushFwd(map(S^1, S^1, {{elt}}))
+);