Exercise 8.3.3

Prove (8.9), where ζ is a primitive p th root of unity and 1 i p 1 .

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Proof. As ζ p = 1 , ζ i 1 ( 1 i p 1 ) ,

1 + ζ i + ζ 2 i + + ζ ( p 1 ) i = 1 ζ ip 1 ζ i = 0 .

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