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Roots of unity and unreasonable differentiation

Number Theory 2020-01-13 v2

Abstract

We explore when it is legal to differentiate a polynomial evaluated at a root of unity using modular arithmetic.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1901.06157,
  title  = {Roots of unity and unreasonable differentiation},
  author = {Alice Devillers and S. P. Glasby},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.06157},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

4 pages, 0 figures; Public version to comply with Australian Research Council rules (minor wording changes from V1)