On vanishing sums for roots of unity
Number Theory
2008-02-03 v1
Abstract
Consider the -th roots of unity in {\bf C}, where is an integer. We address the following question: For what values of can one find such -th roots of unity (with repetitions allowed) adding up to zero? We prove that the answer is exactly the set of linear combinations with non-negative integer coefficients of the prime factors of .
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@article{arxiv.math/9511209,
title = {On vanishing sums for roots of unity},
author = {T. Y. Lam and K. H. Leung},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9511209},
year = {2008}
}