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Prime power order circulant determinants

Number Theory 2022-06-14 v2

Abstract

Newman showed that for primes p5p\geq 5 an integral circulant determinant of prime power order ptp^t cannot take the value pt+1p^{t+1} once t2.t\geq 2. We show that many other values are also excluded. In particular, we show that p2tp^{2t} is the smallest power of pp attained for any t3t\geq 3, p3.p\geq 3. We demonstrate the complexity involved by giving a complete description of the 25×2525\times 25 and 27×2727\times 27 integral circulant determinants. The former case involves a partition of the primes that are 1mod51\bmod5 into two sets, Tanner's \textit{perissads} and \textit{artiads}, which were later characterized by E. Lehmer.

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@article{arxiv.2205.12439,
  title  = {Prime power order circulant determinants},
  author = {Michael J. Mossinghoff and Christopher Pinner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.12439},
  year   = {2022}
}

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25 pages

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