A note on average of roots of unity

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.124.2.170zbMATH Open1391.11146arXiv1610.07269OpenAlexW2963580651WikidataQ58259144 ScholiaQ58259144MaRDI QIDQ4575232FDOQ4575232

Pornrat Ruengrot, Chatchawan Panraksa

Publication date: 13 July 2018

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the problem of characterizing all functions $f$ defined on the set of integers modulo $n$ with the property that an average of some $n$th roots of unity determined by $f$ is always an algebraic integer. Examples of such functions with this property are linear functions. We show that, when $n$ is a prime number, the converse also holds. That is, any function with this property is representable by a linear polynomial. Finally, we give an application of the main result to the problem of determining self perfect isometries for the cyclic group of prime order $p$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.07269

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic numbers; rings of algebraic integers (11R04)

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• Functions averages over the roots of unity, cauchy problems and addition formulas

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