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Cyclotomic Factorization


\begin{displaymath}
z^p-y^p=(z-y)(z-\zeta y)\cdots(z-\zeta^{p-1}y),
\end{displaymath}

where $\zeta\equiv e^{2\pi i/p}$ (a de Moivre Number) and $p$ is a Prime.




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1999-05-25