Scattered Sets and Roots of Unity in \mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}

Publication date: 10 October 2014

Abstract: If

m a t h s c r G = (G, +)

is an abelian group,

S s u b s e t G

is said to scatter under addition if for all

a, b i n S

,

a + b o t i n S

. If

m a t h s c r U_{p}^{n}

is the set of

n

th roots of unity in

m a t h b b Z / p m a t h b b Z

, where

n g e q 3

is an integer and

p

is a prime such that

n | (p - 1)

,

m a t h s c r U_{p}^{n}

does not scatter under addition when

6 | n

, and

m a t h s c r U_{p}^{n}

scatters under addition for all but a finite number of

p

otherwise. Experimental data on the smallest, largest, and density of scattering modulus for

n l e q 1 0^{8}

is also presented.

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