Solution

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The additive cyclic group is generated by , with . Every complex irreducible representation is one-dimensional by a. If , the defining relation requires . Conversely each such root of unity defines a group homomorphism. Hence the complete list is
Changing the representative of changes the exponent by an integer multiple of , so the formula is well-defined. These representations are pairwise inequivalent because their values on the generator differ. The case is the trivial representation.

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