basic facts about Lehmer's polynomial L, and Kronecker's theorem. #
Contents:
• degree/monicity of L and the evaluation witnesses L(1) = −1, L(−1) = 1,
L(2) = 1291 (prime);
• kronecker_roots — Kronecker's theorem (1857) in root form: every complex root
of a monic integer polynomial, all of whose complex roots lie on the unit
circle, is a root of unity. Proved from Mathlib's
NumberField.Embeddings.pow_eq_one_of_norm_eq_one applied inside the number
field ℚ⟮z⟯.
• totient_le_of_lehmer_root — a primitive k-th root of unity that is a root of
L has φ(k) ≤ 10 (cyclotomic = minimal polynomial + degree bound).
Axiom footprint: propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound only.
The eval-witness integers (the kill table's three points). #
1291 is prime: the x = 2 witness kills every remaining non-prime-power modulus (Φ₁₂(2)=13, Φ₁₅(2)=151, Φ₂₀(2)=205, Φ₂₄(2)=241, Φ₃₀(2)=331 — none divide 1291).
Kronecker's theorem: roots of unit-circle monic ℤ-polynomials are roots of unity. #
Kronecker's theorem, root form: every complex root of a monic integer
polynomial, all of whose complex roots lie on the unit circle, is a root of unity.
(The conclusion is stated root-wise: the p ∣ xⁿ − 1 form fails for
non-squarefree p.)
The order bound: root-of-unity roots of L live in the eligible census. #
A primitive k-th root of unity that is a root of lehmerPolynomial (over ℚ) has
φ(k) ≤ 10: cyclotomic k = minpoly, and the minpoly divides the degree-10 image.
The moduli k ≤ 66 with φ(k) ≤ 10 — the only possible orders of
root-of-unity roots of a degree-10 polynomial.