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Unity Root Count (Posted on 2015-03-09)

Consider sets A = {u: u¹⁸ = 1} and B = {v: v⁴⁸ = 1}, where neither of the sets A and B can contain any purely real element.
Define C = {u*v: u ε A, v ε B}.

Not counting any purely real element, determine the total number of distinct complex elements in C.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

There are 142 disinct complex elements in C.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
re: solution -- showing a sample of the ways of each product	Charlie	2015-03-09 21:49:09
solution	Charlie	2015-03-09 17:39:29

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