In this paper, we consider the finitely 2-generated groups $K(s,l)$ and $G_m$ as follows:$$K(s,l)=langle a,b|ab^s=b^la, ba^s=a^lbrangle,\G_m=langle a,b|a^m=b^m=1, {[a,b]}^a=[a,b], {[a,b]}^b=[a,b]rangle$$ and find the explicit formulas for the probability of having nth-roots for them. Also, we investigate integers n for which, these groups are n-central.

A set of real nth roots that is pairwise linearly independent over the rationals must also be linearly independent. We show how this result may be extended to more general fields.

Let C denote the ̄eld of complex numbers and n the set of nth roots of unity. For t = 0; : : : ; n ¡ 1, de ̄ne the ideal =(n; t +1) 1⁄2 C [x0; : : : ; xt] consisting of those polynomials in t + 1 variables that vanish on distinct nth roots of unity; that is, f 2=(n; t+ 1) if and only if f (!0 ; : : : ; !t) = 0 for all (!0 ; : : : ; !t) 2 t+1 n satisfying !i 6= !j, for 0 · i < j · t. In this paper...

An iterative algorithm for computing the principal nth root of a positive deenite matrix is presented. The algorithm is based on the Gauss-Legendre approximation of a deenite integral. We p resent a parallelization in which we use as many processors as the order of the approximation. An analysis of the error introduced at each step of the iteration indicates that the algorithm converges more ra...

Motivated by the discovery that the eighth root of the theta series of the E8 lattice and the 24th root of the theta series of the Leech lattice both have integer coefficients, we investigate the question of when an arbitrary element f ∈ R (where R = 1 + xZ x ) can be written as f = gn for g ∈ R, n 2. Let Pn := {gn | g ∈R} and let μn := n∏p |n p. We show among other things that (i) for f ∈R, f ...

Here we consider all finite non-abelian 2-generator $p$-groups ($p$ an odd prime) of nilpotency class two and study the probability of having $n^{th}$-roots of them. Also we find integers $n$ for which, these groups are $n$-central.

We describe the image of the absolute Galois group acting on the pro-l completion of the fundamental group of the Gm minus Nth roots of unity. We relate the structure of the image with geometry and topology of modular varieties for the congruence subgroups 01(m; N ) of GLm(Z) for m = 1, 2, 3 . . . .