We know that $ x^n+1$ is a monic polynomial in ${\mathbb Z}[x]$ whose roots are all roots of unity, it is irreducible when $n$ is prime. Are there any other monic irreducible polynomials whose roots all have absolute value $1$ (in particular, this implies all of them are roots of unity ) and not of the form $ x^n+1$?
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5$x^2+x+1$ says hello. So do its cyclotomic friends. – Oscar Lanzi Aug 30 '24 at 10:53
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1@OscarLanzi Why not an official answer? – Paul Frost Aug 30 '24 at 10:55
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Any cyclotomic polynomial will have all roots on the unit circle, and not all of those have the form $x^n+1$. For instance, the order-3 cyclotomic polynomial $x^2+x+1$ has all roots on the unit circle (specifically the two non-real cube roots of unity).
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