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Find P = 1 ( 1 + ω ) 2 P=\prod\frac{1}{(1+\omega)^2}

where the product is taken over all primitive 201 5 th 2015^\text{th} roots of unity ω \omega .


The answer is 1.

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Otto Bretscher
Dec 29, 2015

As ω \omega runs through all primitive n n th roots of unity (for odd n n ), so does ω 2 \omega^2 . Thus ( 1 ω ) = ( 1 ω 2 ) \prod(1-\omega)=\prod(1-\omega^2) = ( 1 ω ) ( 1 + ω ) =\prod(1-\omega)\prod(1+\omega) so ( 1 + ω ) = 1 \prod(1+\omega)=1 . The square of the reciprocal is P = 1 P=\boxed{1}

Aareyan Manzoor
Dec 28, 2015

write as ( 1 ω ) 2 \prod (-1-\omega)^{-2} a polynomial can be written as p ( x ) = ( x r o o t s ) p(x)=\prod(x-roots) . but what polynomial has roots ω ? \omega? . the cyclotomic polynomial . we know Φ n ( x ) = d n ( 1 x n / d ) μ ( d ) \Phi_n(x)=\prod_{d|n} \left(1-x^{n/d}\right)^{\mu(d)} putting 2015 =n and -1=x Φ 2015 ( 1 ) = ( 1 ( 1 ) 2015 ) ( 1 ( 1 ) 5 ) ( 1 ( 1 ) 13 ) ( 1 ( 1 ) 31 ) ( 1 ( 1 ) ) ( 1 ( 1 ) 65 ) ( 1 ( 1 ) 155 ) ( 1 ( 1 ) 403 ) = 1 \Phi_{2015}(-1)=\dfrac{(1-(-1)^{2015})(1-(-1)^5)(1-(-1)^{13})(1-(-1)^{31})}{(1-(-1))(1-(-1)^{65})(1-(-1)^{155})(1-(-1)^{403})}=\boxed{1} this raised to -2 is also 1.

A clear and systematic solution! (+1)

Otto Bretscher - 5 years, 5 months ago

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