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Root of unity
In
mathematics
, a
root of unity
, occasionally called a
de Moivre
number, is any
complex number
that gives 1 when
raised
to some positive integer power . Roots of unity are used in many branches of mathematics, and are especially important in
number theory
, the theory of
group characters
, and the
discrete Fourier transform
.
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