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Cyclotomic Integer

A number of the form

a_0+a_1zeta+...+a_(p-1)zeta^(p-1),

where

zeta=e^(2pii/p)

is a de Moivre number and p is a prime number. Unique factorizations of cyclotomic integers fail for p>23.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Cyclotomic Integer." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CyclotomicInteger.html

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