- Session A
Let , where is an odd integer greater than 1. Let . Express explicitly as a polynomial in ,
,
with integer coefficients .
[Note that is a primitive -th root of unity, and thus it satisfies all of the identities which hold for such roots.]
William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition 1975.
Let , where is an odd integer greater than 1. Let . Express explicitly as a polynomial in ,
,
with integer coefficients .
[Note that is a primitive -th root of unity, and thus it satisfies all of the identities which hold for such roots.]
Let and for Find \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{f_n(1)}{n!} in terms of e.