Question

Can you help me find all the seventh roots of unity? what do they look like graphed?

Answer 1

There are seven seventh roots of unity, e2πki7 , all on the unit circle, r=1 above.

The first one is at θ=2π7=360∘7=5137 ∘ , and there are others at 4π7,6π7,8π7,10π7,12π7 and of course at 0 radians, i.e. unity itself.

How to find?

There are 4 fourth roots of unity and they are 1, i,−1 and−i

Each of the roots of unity can be found by changing the value of k k k in the expression e 2 k π i / n e^{2k\pi i/n} e2kπi/n. By Euler's formula, e 2 π i = cos ⁡ ( 2 π ) + i sin ⁡ ( 2 π ) = 1.