Cyclotomic Coincidences
Number Theory
2019-03-06 v1
Abstract
In this paper, we show that if and are distinct positive integers and is a nonzero real number with , then except when and . We also observe that 2 appears to be the largest limit point of the set of values of for which for some .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.01962,
title = {Cyclotomic Coincidences},
author = {Carl Pomerance and Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.01962},
year = {2019}
}
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