The right-hand side has modulus two and argument . Its fifth roots therefore have
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They are the vertices of a regular pentagon on the circle of radius , beginning at angle . These five roots are distinct, and a degree-five polynomial has no further complex roots.
Figure 1.
The fifth roots, the discrete ray of values of a complex power, and the unit-circle locus with its excluded point
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