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Roots of unity revisited!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Brian Denton
Brian Denton*
Affiliation:
Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool Road, Prescot, Merseyside L34 1NP
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This article arises because of a lecture I attended where the speaker, who had been heavily involved in the new JMB A level syllabus, was saying that roots of unity had gone, “thank goodness.” Many A level teachers seemed to agree and I began wondering just how “traditional” this topic is. I came to the conclusion that it is the most revealing topic to show the meshing of traditional and modern ideas. I hope to illustrate this by the end of this article.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 69 , Issue 447 , March 1985 , pp. 17 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1985

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