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Different derivations of the value of $\prod_{0\leq j<k<n}(\eta^k-\eta^j)$
Let $\eta=e^{\frac{2\pi i}n}$, an $n$-th root of unity. For pedagogical reasons and inspiration, I ask to see different proofs (be it elementary, sophisticated, theoretical, etc) for the following ...
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Are simplified elementary proofs if valid interesting to the professional mathematical community [closed]
For the last 10+ years, as a math amateur, I worked nightly on understanding the distribution of primes and the classic results in the history of Fermat's Last Theorem.
I have made numerous mistakes ...
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Some questions in a paper by E. H. Neville (1949) about Farey series?
I am reading the paper
MR0029924: Neville, E. H. The structure of Farey series. Proc. London Math. Soc. (2) 51, (1949). 132–144. (Reviewer: W. H. Simons)
and by now two questions raised for me;
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