Let be the hundredth roots of unity. Then evaluate the summation
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Let A be the summation above. Note that
2 A + i = 1 ∑ 1 0 0 a i 1 0 = ( i = 1 ∑ 1 0 0 a i 5 ) 2 .
Now, we can see that a 1 5 , a 2 5 , . . . , a 1 0 0 5 are the roots of
x 2 0 − 1 (Since ( a i 5 ) 2 0 − 1 = a i 1 0 0 − 1 = 0 )
And that a 1 1 0 , a 2 1 0 , . . . , a 1 0 0 1 0 are the roots of
x 1 0 − 1 (Since ( a i 1 0 ) 1 0 − 1 = a i 1 0 0 − 1 = 0 )
By Vieta's, we can see that
∑ i = 1 1 0 0 a i 1 0 = ∑ i = 1 1 0 0 a i 5 = 0
This implies that
2 A + i = 1 ∑ 1 0 0 a i 1 0 = 2 A + 0 = 0 = ( i = 1 ∑ 1 0 0 a i 5 ) 2
Now, we subtract 0 from both sides of the equation to get
2 A = 0 − 0 = 0
Dividing both sides by 2 gives us
2 2 A = A = 2 0 = 0
And, thus, our final answer is 0 .