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The n th roots of unity form under multiplication a cyclic group of order n, and in fact these groups comprise all of the finite subgroups of the multiplicative group of the complex number field. A generator for this cyclic group is a primitive n th root of unity. The n th roots of unity form an irreducible representation of any cyclic group of ...
The roots of unity modulo n are exactly the integers that are coprime with n. In fact, these integers are roots of unity modulo n by Euler's theorem, and the other integers cannot be roots of unity modulo n, because they are zero divisors modulo n. A primitive root modulo n, is a generator of the group of units of the ring of integers modulo n.
A non-example is in the ring of integers modulo ; while () and thus is a cube root of unity, + + meaning that it is not a principal cube root of unity. The significance of a root of unity being principal is that it is a necessary condition for the theory of the discrete Fourier transform to work out correctly.
The Chebotarev theorem on roots of unity was originally a conjecture made by Ostrowski in the context of lacunary series. Chebotarev was the first to prove it, in the 1930s. This proof involves tools from Galois theory and pleased Ostrowski , who made comments arguing that it " does meet the requirements of mathematical esthetics ". [ 1 ]
The cyclotomic field (), where = (/), is a number field obtained from by adjoining a primitive th root of unity. This field contains all complex n {\displaystyle n} th roots of unity and its dimension over Q {\displaystyle \mathbb {Q} } is equal to φ ( n ) {\displaystyle \varphi (n)} , where φ {\displaystyle \varphi } is the Euler totient ...
Specifically, it states that O × is isomorphic to G × Z r, where G is the finite cyclic group consisting of all the roots of unity in O, and r = r 1 + r 2 − 1 (where r 1 (respectively, r 2) denotes the number of real embeddings (respectively, pairs of conjugate non-real embeddings) of K).
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I have added a link to Root of unity modulo n in the body of Root of unity. Nevertheless Root of unity modulo n would require to be cleaned up by adding context, explicit examples, and better explanation of the differences with the case of roots of unity in a field. D.Lazard 10:13, 2 October 2018 (UTC) better not!