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Cyclotomic factorization

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Partitioning the roots of Xn−1 by their exact orders gives
Xn−1=∏d∣n​Φd​(X).
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Inductively, the product over proper divisors is a monic polynomial in Z[X]. Division of Xn−1 by this monic polynomial stays in Z[X] and has zero remainder, proving that Φn​∈Z[X].

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