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Suppose that $X$ is an inclusion-minimal finite set of non-zero complex numbers such that $\sum\limits_{x\in X}x^n=0\ $ for infinitely many integers $n$.

1. Can the cardinality of $X$ be a composite number?

 

2. Can $X$ be something different from $\root^p\of c$ (for some $c\in\mathbb C$ and prime $p$)?

(Inclusion-minimal means that the number of $n\in\mathbb Z$ such that $\sum\limits_{x\in Y}x^n=0$ is finite for any proper subset $Y\subset X$.)

Suppose that $X$ is an inclusion-minimal finite set of non-zero complex numbers such that $\sum\limits_{x\in X}x^n=0\ $ for infinitely many integers $n$.

1. Can the cardinality of $X$ be a composite number?

2. Can $X$ be something different from $\root^p\of c$ (for some $c\in\mathbb C$ and prime $p$)?

(Inclusion-minimal means that the number of $n\in\mathbb Z$ such that $\sum\limits_{x\in Y}x^n=0$ is finite for any proper subset $Y\subset X$.)

Suppose that $X$ is an inclusion-minimal finite set of non-zero complex numbers such that $\sum\limits_{x\in X}x^n=0\ $ for infinitely many integers $n$.

1. Can the cardinality of $X$ be a composite number?

2. Can $X$ be something different from $\root^p\of c$ (for some $c\in\mathbb C$ and prime $p$)?

Suppose that $X$ is an inclusion-minimal finite set of non-zero complex numbers such that $\sum\limits_{x\in X}x^n=0\ $ for infinitely many integers $n$.

1. Can the cardinality of $X$ be a composite number?

2. Can $X$ be something different from $\root^p\of c$ (for some $c\in\mathbb C$ and prime $p$)?

(Inclusion-minimal means that the number of $n\in\mathbb Z$ such that $\sum\limits_{x\in Y}x^n=0$ is finite for any proper subset $Y\subset X$.)

Suppose that $X$ is an inclusion-minimal finite set of non-zero complex numbers such that $\sum\limits_{x\in X}x^n=0\ $ for infinitely many integers $n$.

1. Can the cardinality of $X$ be a composite number?

2. Can $X$ be something different from $\root^p\of c$ (for some $c\in\mathbb C$ and prime $p$)?

Suppose that $X$ is an inclusion-minimal finite set of non-zero complex numbers such that $\sum\limits_{x\in X}x^n=0\ $ for infinitely many integers $n$.

1. Can the cardinality of $X$ be a composite number?

2. Can $X$ be something different from $\root^p\of c$ (for some $c\in\mathbb C$ and prime $p$)?