Roots of unity

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Roots of unity
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

The purpose of this task is to explore working with complex numbers. Given n, find the n-th roots of unity.

Ada

<lang ada> with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO; with Ada.Float_Text_IO; use Ada.Float_Text_IO; with Ada.Numerics.Complex_Types; use Ada.Numerics.Complex_Types;

procedure Roots_Of_Unity is

  Root : Complex;

begin

  for N in 2..10 loop
     Put_Line ("N =" & Integer'Image (N));
     for K in 0..N - 1 loop
        Root :=
            Compose_From_Polar
            (  Modulus  => 1.0,
               Argument => Float (K),
               Cycle    => Float (N)
            );
           -- Output
        Put ("   k =" & Integer'Image (K) & ", ");
        if Re (Root) < 0.0 then
           Put ("-");
        else
           Put ("+");
        end if;
        Put (abs Re (Root), Fore => 1, Exp => 0);
        if Im (Root) < 0.0 then
           Put ("-");
        else
           Put ("+");
        end if;
        Put (abs Im (Root), Fore => 1, Exp => 0);
        Put_Line ("i");
     end loop;
  end loop;

end Roots_Of_Unity; </lang> Ada provides a direct implementation of polar composition of complex numbers x ei y. The function Compose_From_Polar is used to compose roots. The third argument of the function is the cycle. Instead of the standard cycle 2π, N is used. Sample output:

N = 2
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, -1.00000+0.00000i
N = 3
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, -0.50000+0.86603i
   k = 2, -0.50000-0.86603i
N = 4
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, +0.00000+1.00000i
   k = 2, -1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 3, +0.00000-1.00000i
N = 5
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, +0.30902+0.95106i
   k = 2, -0.80902+0.58779i
   k = 3, -0.80902-0.58779i
   k = 4, +0.30902-0.95106i
N = 6
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, +0.50000+0.86603i
   k = 2, -0.50000+0.86603i
   k = 3, -1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 4, -0.50000-0.86603i
   k = 5, +0.50000-0.86603i
N = 7
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, +0.62349+0.78183i
   k = 2, -0.22252+0.97493i
   k = 3, -0.90097+0.43388i
   k = 4, -0.90097-0.43388i
   k = 5, -0.22252-0.97493i
   k = 6, +0.62349-0.78183i
N = 8
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, +0.70711+0.70711i
   k = 2, +0.00000+1.00000i
   k = 3, -0.70711+0.70711i
   k = 4, -1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 5, -0.70711-0.70711i
   k = 6, +0.00000-1.00000i
   k = 7, +0.70711-0.70711i
N = 9
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, +0.76604+0.64279i
   k = 2, +0.17365+0.98481i
   k = 3, -0.50000+0.86603i
   k = 4, -0.93969+0.34202i
   k = 5, -0.93969-0.34202i
   k = 6, -0.50000-0.86603i
   k = 7, +0.17365-0.98481i
   k = 8, +0.76604-0.64279i
N = 10
   k = 0, +1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 1, +0.80902+0.58779i
   k = 2, +0.30902+0.95106i
   k = 3, -0.30902+0.95106i
   k = 4, -0.80902+0.58779i
   k = 5, -1.00000+0.00000i
   k = 6, -0.80902-0.58779i
   k = 7, -0.30902-0.95106i
   k = 8, +0.30902-0.95106i
   k = 9, +0.80902-0.58779i

ALGOL 68

This example is incorrect. Please fix the code and remove this message.

Details: It should print all n roots, either individually or by explicitly labeling conjugate pairs (x ± yi).

FORMAT complex fmt=$g(-6,4)"⊥"g(-6,4)$;
FOR root FROM 2 TO 10 DO
  printf(($g(4)$,root));
  FOR n TO root OVER 2 DO
    printf(($xf(complex fmt)$,complex exp( 0 I 2*pi*n/root)))
  OD;
  printf($l$)
OD

Output:

 +2 -1.000⊥0.0000
 +3 -.5000⊥0.8660
 +4 0.0000⊥1.0000 -1.000⊥0.0000
 +5 0.3090⊥0.9511 -.8090⊥0.5878
 +6 0.5000⊥0.8660 -.5000⊥0.8660 -1.000⊥0.0000
 +7 0.6235⊥0.7818 -.2225⊥0.9749 -.9010⊥0.4339
 +8 0.7071⊥0.7071 0.0000⊥1.0000 -.7071⊥0.7071 -1.000⊥0.0000
 +9 0.7660⊥0.6428 0.1736⊥0.9848 -.5000⊥0.8660 -.9397⊥0.3420
+10 0.8090⊥0.5878 0.3090⊥0.9511 -.3090⊥0.9511 -.8090⊥0.5878 -1.000⊥0.0000

AutoHotkey

ahk forum: discussion <lang AutoHotkey> n := 8, a := 8*atan(1)/n Loop %n%

  i := A_Index-1, t .= cos(a*i) ((s:=sin(a*i))<0 ? " - i*" . -s : " + i*" . s) "`n"

Msgbox % t</lang>

BASIC

Works with: QuickBasic version 4.5
Translation of: Java

For high n's, this may repeat the root of 1 + 0*i.

CLS
PI = 3.1415926#
n = 5 'this can be changed for any desired n
angle = 0 'start at angle 0
DO
	real = COS(angle) 'real axis is the x axis
	IF (ABS(real) < 10 ^ -5) THEN real = 0 'get rid of annoying sci notation
	imag = SIN(angle) 'imaginary axis is the y axis
	IF (ABS(imag) < 10 ^ -5) THEN imag = 0 'get rid of annoying sci notation
	PRINT real; "+"; imag; "i" 'answer on every line
	angle = angle + (2 * PI) / n
'all the way around the circle at even intervals
LOOP WHILE angle < 2 * PI

C

<lang c> #include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#define PI 3.1415926

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  char sign;
  int i, n;
  float rpart, ipart, angle;

  for (n = 2; n <= 10; n++)
  {
    angle = 0.0;
    printf("%d: ", n); 
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
    {
      rpart = cos(angle);
      ipart = sin(angle);
      if (ipart < 0)
        sign = '-';
      else
        sign = '+';
      printf("%5.4f%cj%5.4f  ", rpart, sign, fabs(ipart));
      angle = angle + 2.0*PI/(float)n;
    }
    printf("\n");
  }
}

</lang>

C++

<lang cpp>#include <complex>

  1. include <cmath>
  2. include <iostream>

double const pi = 4 * std::atan(1);

int main() {

 for (int n = 2; n <= 10; ++n)
 {
   std::cout << n << ": ";
   for (int k = 0; k < n; ++k)
     std::cout << std::polar(1, 2*pi*k/n) << " ";
   std::cout << std::endl;
 }

}</lang>

Common Lisp

<lang lisp>(defun roots-of-unity (n)

(loop for i below n
      collect (cis (* pi (/ (* 2 i) n)))))</lang>

The expression is slightly more complicated than necessary in order to preserve exact rational arithmetic until multiplying by pi. The author of this example is not a floating point expert and not sure whether this is actually useful; if not, the simpler expression is (cis (/ (* 2 pi i) n)).

D

Works with: D version 2.012
Works with: D version 1.028

<lang d>module nthroots ; import std.stdio, std.math ;

creal[] nthroots(int n) {

 creal[] res ;
 for(int k = 1 ; k <= n ; k++)
   res ~= expi(PI*2*k/n) ;
 return res ;

} void main() {

 for(int i = 1; i <= 8 ; i++)
   writefln("%2dth : %5.2f", i, nthroots(i)) ;

}</lang>

Forth

Complex numbers are not a native type in Forth, so we calculate the roots by hand.

: f0. ( f -- )
  fdup 0e 0.001e f~ if fdrop 0e then f. ;
: .roots ( n -- )
  dup 1 do
    pi i 2* 0 d>f f* dup 0 d>f f/          ( F: radians )
    fsincos cr ." real " f0. ." imag " f0.
  loop drop ;

3 set-precision
5 .roots

Fortran

Sin/Cos + Scalar Loop

Works with: Fortran version ISO Fortran 90 and later

<lang fortran>

PROGRAM Roots

  COMPLEX :: root 
  INTEGER :: i, n
  REAL :: angle, pi

  pi = 4.0 * ATAN(1.0)
  DO n = 2, 7
    angle = 0.0
    WRITE(*,"(I1,A)", ADVANCE="NO") n,": "
    DO i = 1, n
      root = CMPLX(COS(angle), SIN(angle))
      WRITE(*,"(SP,2F7.4,A)", ADVANCE="NO") root, "j  "
      angle = angle + (2.0*pi / REAL(n))
    END DO
    WRITE(*,*)
  END DO

END PROGRAM Roots

</lang> Output

2: +1.0000+0.0000j  -1.0000+0.0000j   
3: +1.0000+0.0000j  -0.5000+0.8660j  -0.5000-0.8660j   
4: +1.0000+0.0000j  +0.0000+1.0000j  -1.0000+0.0000j  +0.0000-1.0000j   
5: +1.0000+0.0000j  +0.3090+0.9511j  -0.8090+0.5878j  -0.8090-0.5878j  +0.3090-0.9511j   
6: +1.0000+0.0000j  +0.5000+0.8660j  -0.5000+0.8660j  -1.0000+0.0000j  -0.5000-0.8660j  +0.5000-0.8660j 
7: +1.0000+0.0000j  +0.6235+0.7818j  -0.2225+0.9749j  -0.9010+0.4339j  -0.9010-0.4339j  -0.2225-0.9749j  +0.6235-0.7818j

Exp + Array-valued Statement

Works with: Fortran version ISO Fortran 90 and later

<lang fortran> program unity

      real, parameter :: pi = 3.141592653589793
      complex, parameter :: i = (0, 1)
      complex, dimension(0:7-1) :: unit_circle
      integer :: n, j
      
      do n = 2, 7
           !!!! KEY STEP, does all the calculations in one statement !!!!
         unit_circle(0:n-1) = exp(2*i*pi/n * (/ (j, j=0, n-1) /) )
         write(*,"(i1,a)", advance="no") n, ": "
         write(*,"(sp,2f7.4,a)", advance="no") (unit_circle(j), "j  ", j = 0, n-1)
         write(*,*)
      end do
  end program unity</lang>

Groovy

Because the Groovy language does not provide a built-in facility for complex arithmetic, this example relies on the Complex class defined in the Complex numbers example. <lang groovy>/** The following closure creates a list of n evenly-spaced points around the unit circle,

 * useful in FFT calculations, among other things */

def rootsOfUnity = { n ->

   (0..<n).collect {
       Complex.exp(Complex.I * 2 * Math.PI * it / n)
   }

}</lang>

Test program: <lang groovy>def tol = 0.000000001 // tolerance: acceptable "wrongness" to account for rounding error

((1..6) + [16]). each { n ->

   println "rootsOfUnity(${n}):"
   def rou = rootsOfUnity(n)
   rou.each { println it }
   assert rou[0] == 1
   def actual = n > 1 ? rou[Math.floor(n/2) as int] : rou[0]
   def expected = n > 1 ? (n%2 == 0) ? -1 : ~rou[Math.ceil(n/2) as int] : rou[0]
   def message = n > 1 ? (n%2 == 0) ? 'middle-most root should be -1' : 'two middle-most roots should be conjugates' : 
   assert (actual - expected).abs() < tol : message
   assert rou.every { (it.rho - 1) < tol } : 'all roots should have magnitude 1'
   println()

}</lang>

Output:

rootsOfUnity(1):
1.0

rootsOfUnity(2):
1.0
-1.0 + 1.2246467991473532E-16i

rootsOfUnity(3):
1.0
-0.4999999998186198 + 0.8660254038891585i
-0.5000000003627604 - 0.8660254035749988i

rootsOfUnity(4):
1.0
6.123233995736766E-17 + i
-1.0 + 1.2246467991473532E-16i
-1.8369701987210297E-16 - i

rootsOfUnity(5):
1.0
0.30901699437494745 + 0.9510565162951535i
-0.8090169943749473 + 0.5877852522924732i
-0.8090169943749475 - 0.587785252292473i
0.30901699437494723 - 0.9510565162951536i

rootsOfUnity(6):
1.0
0.4999999998186201 + 0.8660254038891584i
-0.5000000003627598 + 0.8660254035749991i
-1.0 - 6.283181638240517E-10i
-0.4999999992744804 - 0.8660254042033175i
0.5000000009068993 - 0.8660254032608401i

rootsOfUnity(16):
1.0
0.9238795325112867 + 0.3826834323650898i
0.7071067811865476 + 0.7071067811865475i
0.38268343236508984 + 0.9238795325112867i
6.123233995736766E-17 + i
-0.3826834323650897 + 0.9238795325112867i
-0.7071067811865475 + 0.7071067811865476i
-0.9238795325112867 + 0.3826834323650899i
-1.0 + 1.2246467991473532E-16i
-0.9238795325112868 - 0.38268343236508967i
-0.7071067811865477 - 0.7071067811865475i
-0.38268343236509034 - 0.9238795325112865i
-1.8369701987210297E-16 - i
0.38268343236509 - 0.9238795325112866i
0.7071067811865474 - 0.7071067811865477i
0.9238795325112865 - 0.3826834323650904i

Haskell

import Data.Complex

rootsOfUnity n = [mkPolar 1.0 (2*pi*k/n) | k <- [1..n]]

Output:

*Main> rootsOfUnity 3
[(-0.4999999999999998) :+ 0.8660254037844387,
 (-0.5000000000000004) :+ (-0.8660254037844384),
 1.0 :+ (-2.4492127076447545e-16)]

Icon

While icon does have complex type, it does not know about polar

procedure main()
   roots(10)
end

procedure roots(n)
   every n := 2 to 10 do
       every writes(n | (str_rep((0 to (n-1)) * 2 * &pi / n)) | "\n")
end

procedure str_rep(k)
  return " " || cos(k) || "+" || sin(k) || "i"
end

IDL

For some example n:

 n = 5
 print,  exp( dcomplex( 0, 2*!pi/n) ) ^ ( 1 + indgen(n) )

Outputs:

 ( 0.30901696, 0.95105653)( -0.80901704, 0.58778520)( -0.80901693, -0.58778534)( 0.30901713, -0.95105647)( 1.0000000, 1.7484556e-007)

J

   rou=: [: ^ i. * (o. 0j2) % ]

   rou 4
1 0j1 _1 0j_1

   rou 5
1 0.309017j0.951057 _0.809017j0.587785 _0.809017j_0.587785 0.309017j_0.951057

The computation can also be written as a loop, shown here for comparison only.

rou1=: 3 : 0
 z=. 0 $ r=. ^ o. 0j2 % y [ e=. 1
 for. i.y do.
  z=. z,e
  e=. e*r
 end.
 z
)

Java

Java doesn't have a nice way of dealing with complex numbers, so the real and imaginary parts are calculated separately based on the angle and printed together. There are also checks in this implementation to get rid of extremely small values (< 1.0E-3 where scientific notation sets in for Doubles). Instead, they are simply represented as 0. To remove those checks (for very high n's), remove both if statements. <lang java>public static void unity(int n){ //all the way around the circle at even intervals for(double angle = 0;angle < 2 * Math.PI;angle += (2 * Math.PI) / n){ double real = Math.cos(angle); //real axis is the x axis if(Math.abs(real) < 1.0E-3) real = 0.0; //get rid of annoying sci notation double imag = Math.sin(angle); //imaginary axis is the y axis if(Math.abs(imag) < 1.0E-3) imag = 0.0; //get rid of annoying sci notation System.out.print(real + " + " + imag + "i\t"); //tab-separated answers } }</lang>

Mathematica

Setting this up in Mathematica is easy, because it already handles complex numbers: <lang Mathematica>

RootsUnity[nthroot_Integer?Positive] := Table[Exp[2 Pi I i/nthroot], {i, 0, nthroot - 1}]

</lang> Note that Mathematica will keep the expression as exact as possible. Simplifications can be made to more known (trigonometric) functions by using the function ExpToTrig. If only a numerical approximation is necessary the function N will transform the exact result to a numerical approximation. Examples (exact not simplified, exact simplified, approximated): <lang Mathematica>

RootsUnity[2]
RootsUnity[3]
RootsUnity[4]
RootsUnity[5]
RootsUnity[2]//ExpToTrig
RootsUnity[3]//ExpToTrig
RootsUnity[4]//ExpToTrig
RootsUnity[5]//ExpToTrig
RootsUnity[2]//N
RootsUnity[3]//N
RootsUnity[4]//N
RootsUnity[5]//N

</lang> gives back:



OCaml

<lang ocaml>open Complex

let pi = 4. *. atan 1.

let () =

 for n = 1 to 10 do
   Printf.printf "%2d " n;
   for k = 1 to n do
     let ret = polar 1. (2. *. pi *. float_of_int k /. float_of_int n) in
       Printf.printf "(%f + %f i)" ret.re ret.im
   done;
   print_newline ()
 done</lang>

Octave

<lang octave>for j = 2 : 10

 printf("*** %d\n", j);
 for n = 1 : j
   disp(exp(2i*pi*n/j));
 endfor
 disp("");

endfor</lang>


Perl

Works with: Perl version 5.8.8

<lang perl>use Math::Complex;

foreach $n (2 .. 10) {

 printf "%2d", $n;
 foreach $k (0 .. $n-1) {
   $ret = cplxe(1, 2 * pi * $k / $n);
   $ret->display_format('style' => 'cartesian', 'format' => '%.3f');
   print " $ret";
 }
 print "\n";

}</lang> Output:

 2 1.000 -1.000+0.000i
 3 1.000 -0.500+0.866i -0.500-0.866i
 4 1.000 0.000+1.000i -1.000+0.000i -0.000-1.000i
 5 1.000 0.309+0.951i -0.809+0.588i -0.809-0.588i 0.309-0.951i
 6 1.000 0.500+0.866i -0.500+0.866i -1.000+0.000i -0.500-0.866i 0.500-0.866i
 7 1.000 0.623+0.782i -0.223+0.975i -0.901+0.434i -0.901-0.434i -0.223-0.975i 0.623-0.782i
 8 1.000 0.707+0.707i 0.000+1.000i -0.707+0.707i -1.000+0.000i -0.707-0.707i -0.000-1.000i 0.707-0.707i
 9 1.000 0.766+0.643i 0.174+0.985i -0.500+0.866i -0.940+0.342i -0.940-0.342i -0.500-0.866i 0.174-0.985i 0.766-0.643i
10 1.000 0.809+0.588i 0.309+0.951i -0.309+0.951i -0.809+0.588i -1.000+0.000i -0.809-0.588i -0.309-0.951i 0.309-0.951i 0.809-0.588i

Perl 6

Works with: Rakudo version #22 "Thousand Oaks"

<lang perl6>sub roots_of_unity (Int $n where { $n > 0 }) {

   map { exp 2i * pi/$n * $_ }, ^$n

}

printf "% .5f + % .5fi\n", .re, .im for roots_of_unity 10;</lang>

Output:

  1.00000 +  0.00000i
  0.80902 +  0.58779i
  0.30902 +  0.95106i
 -0.30902 +  0.95106i
 -0.80902 +  0.58779i
 -1.00000 +  0.00000i
 -0.80902 + -0.58779i
 -0.30902 + -0.95106i
  0.30902 + -0.95106i
  0.80902 + -0.58779i

Python

Works with: Python version 2.5.1

<lang python> import cmath class Complex(complex):

  def __repr__(self):
     rp = '%7.5f'%self.real if not self.pureImag() else 
     ip = '%7.5fj'%self.imag if not self.pureReal() else 
     conj =  if (self.pureImag() or self.pureReal() or self.imag<0.0) else '+'
     return '0.0' if (self.pureImag() and self.pureReal()) else rp+conj+ip
  def pureImag(self):
     return abs( self.real) < 0.000005
  def pureReal(self):
     return abs( self.imag) < 0.000005


def croots(n):

  if n<=0:
     return None
  return (Complex(cmath.exp(2j*k*cmath.pi/n)) for k in range(n))
  # in Python 2.6+: return (Complex(cmath.rect(1, 2*k*cmath.pi/n)) for k in range(n))

for nr in range(2,11):

  print nr, list(croots(nr))

</lang> Output:

2 [1.00000, -1.00000]
3 [1.00000, -0.50000+0.86603j, -0.50000-0.86603j]
4 [1.00000, 1.00000j, -1.00000, -1.00000j]
5 [1.00000, 0.30902+0.95106j, -0.80902+0.58779j, -0.80902-0.58779j, 0.30902-0.95106j]
6 [1.00000, 0.50000+0.86603j, -0.50000+0.86603j, -1.00000, -0.50000-0.86603j, 0.50000-0.86603j]
7 [1.00000, 0.62349+0.78183j, -0.22252+0.97493j, -0.90097+0.43388j, -0.90097-0.43388j, -0.22252-0.97493j, 0.62349-0.78183j]
8 [1.00000, 0.70711+0.70711j, 1.00000j, -0.70711+0.70711j, -1.00000, -0.70711-0.70711j, -1.00000j, 0.70711-0.70711j]
9 [1.00000, 0.76604+0.64279j, 0.17365+0.98481j, -0.50000+0.86603j, -0.93969+0.34202j, -0.93969-0.34202j, -0.50000-0.86603j, 0.17365-0.98481j, 0.76604-0.64279j]
10 [1.00000, 0.80902+0.58779j, 0.30902+0.95106j, -0.30902+0.95106j, -0.80902+0.58779j, -1.00000, -0.80902-0.58779j, -0.30902-0.95106j, 0.30902-0.95106j, 0.80902-0.58779j]

R

<lang R>for(j in 2:10) {

 r <- sprintf("%d: ", j)
 for(n in 1:j) {
   r <- paste(r, format(exp(2i*pi*n/j), digits=4), ifelse(n<j, ",", ""))
 }
 print(r)

}</lang>

Output:

[1] "2:  -1+0i , 1-0i "
[1] "3:  -0.5+0.866i , -0.5-0.866i , 1-0i "
[1] "4:  0+1i , -1+0i , 0-1i , 1-0i "
[1] "5:  0.309+0.9511i , -0.809+0.5878i , -0.809-0.5878i , 0.309-0.9511i , 1-0i "
[1] "6:  0.5+0.866i , -0.5+0.866i , -1+0i , -0.5-0.866i , 0.5-0.866i , 1-0i "
[1] "7:  0.6235+0.7818i , -0.2225+0.9749i , -0.901+0.4339i , -0.901-0.4339i , -0.2225-0.9749i , 0.6235-0.7818i , 1-0i "
[1] "8:  0.7071+0.7071i , 0+1i , -0.7071+0.7071i , -1+0i , -0.7071-0.7071i , 0-1i , 0.7071-0.7071i , 1-0i "
[1] "9:  0.766+0.6428i , 0.1736+0.9848i , -0.5+0.866i , -0.9397+0.342i , -0.9397-0.342i , -0.5-0.866i , 0.1736-0.9848i , 0.766-0.6428i , 1-0i "
[1] "10:  0.809+0.5878i , 0.309+0.9511i , -0.309+0.9511i , -0.809+0.5878i , -1+0i , -0.809-0.5878i , -0.309-0.9511i , 0.309-0.9511i , 0.809-0.5878i , 1-0i "

Ruby

Hopefully someone will fix the formatting <lang ruby>require 'complex'

for n in 2..10

 printf "%2d ", n
 puts (0..n-1).map { |k| Complex.polar(1, 2 * Math::PI * k / n) }.join(" ")

end</lang> Output:

 2 1.0+0.0i -1.0+1.22460635382238e-16i
 3 1.0+0.0i -0.5+0.866025403784439i -0.5-0.866025403784438i
 4 1.0+0.0i 6.12303176911189e-17+1.0i -1.0+1.22460635382238e-16i -1.83690953073357e-16-1.0i
 5 1.0+0.0i 0.309016994374947+0.951056516295154i -0.809016994374947+0.587785252292473i -0.809016994374948-0.587785252292473i 0.309016994374947-0.951056516295154i
 6 1.0+0.0i 0.5+0.866025403784439i -0.5+0.866025403784439i -1.0+1.22460635382238e-16i -0.5-0.866025403784438i 0.5-0.866025403784439i
 7 1.0+0.0i 0.623489801858734+0.78183148246803i -0.222520933956314+0.974927912181824i -0.900968867902419+0.433883739117558i -0.900968867902419-0.433883739117558i -0.222520933956315-0.974927912181824i 0.623489801858733-0.78183148246803i
 8 1.0+0.0i 0.707106781186548+0.707106781186547i 6.12303176911189e-17+1.0i -0.707106781186547+0.707106781186548i -1.0+1.22460635382238e-16i -0.707106781186548-0.707106781186547i -1.83690953073357e-16-1.0i 0.707106781186547-0.707106781186548i
 9 1.0+0.0i 0.766044443118978+0.642787609686539i 0.17364817766693+0.984807753012208i -0.5+0.866025403784439i -0.939692620785908+0.342020143325669i -0.939692620785908-0.342020143325669i -0.5-0.866025403784438i 0.17364817766693-0.984807753012208i 0.766044443118978-0.64278760968654i
10 1.0+0.0i 0.809016994374947+0.587785252292473i 0.309016994374947+0.951056516295154i -0.309016994374947+0.951056516295154i -0.809016994374947+0.587785252292473i -1.0+1.22460635382238e-16i -0.809016994374948-0.587785252292473i -0.309016994374948-0.951056516295154i 0.309016994374947-0.951056516295154i 0.809016994374947-0.587785252292473i

Seed7

$ include "seed7_05.s7i";
  include "float.s7i";
  include "complex.s7i";

const proc: main is func
  local
    var integer: n is 0;
    var integer: k is 0;
  begin
    for n range 2 to 10 do
      write(n lpad 2 <& ": ");
      for k range 0 to pred(n) do
        write(polar(1.0, 2.0 * PI * flt(k) / flt(n)) digits 4 lpad 15 <& " ");
      end for;
      writeln;
    end for;
  end func;

Output:

 2:  1.0000+0.0000i -1.0000+0.0000i
 3:  1.0000+0.0000i -0.5000+0.8660i -0.5000-0.8660i
 4:  1.0000+0.0000i  0.0000+1.0000i -1.0000+0.0000i  0.0000-1.0000i
 5:  1.0000+0.0000i  0.3090+0.9511i -0.8090+0.5878i -0.8090-0.5878i  0.3090-0.9511i
 6:  1.0000+0.0000i  0.5000+0.8660i -0.5000+0.8660i -1.0000+0.0000i -0.5000-0.8660i  0.5000-0.8660i
 7:  1.0000+0.0000i  0.6235+0.7818i -0.2225+0.9749i -0.9010+0.4339i -0.9010-0.4339i -0.2225-0.9749i  0.6235-0.7818i
 8:  1.0000+0.0000i  0.7071+0.7071i  0.0000+1.0000i -0.7071+0.7071i -1.0000+0.0000i -0.7071-0.7071i  0.0000-1.0000i  0.7071-0.7071i
 9:  1.0000+0.0000i  0.7660+0.6428i  0.1736+0.9848i -0.5000+0.8660i -0.9397+0.3420i -0.9397-0.3420i -0.5000-0.8660i  0.1736-0.9848i  0.7660-0.6428i
10:  1.0000+0.0000i  0.8090+0.5878i  0.3090+0.9511i -0.3090+0.9511i -0.8090+0.5878i -1.0000+0.0000i -0.8090-0.5878i -0.3090-0.9511i  0.3090-0.9511i  0.8090-0.5878i

Scheme

<lang scheme>(define pi (* 4 (atan 1)))

(do ((n 2 (+ n 1)))

   ((> n 10))
   (display n)
   (do ((k 0 (+ k 1)))
       ((>= k n))
       (display " ")
       (display (make-polar 1 (* 2 pi (/ k n)))))
   (newline))</lang>

Tcl

<lang Tcl>package require Tcl 8.5 namespace import tcl::mathfunc::*

set pi 3.14159265 for {set n 2} {$n <= 10} {incr n} {

   set angle 0.0
   set row $n:
   for {set i 1} {$i <= $n} {incr i} {
       lappend row [format %5.4f%+5.4fi [cos $angle] [sin $angle]]
       set angle [expr {$angle + 2*$pi/$n}]
   }
   puts $row

}</lang>

TI-89 BASIC

cZeros(x^n - 1, x)

For n=3 in exact mode, the results are

{-1/2+√(3)/2*i, -1/2-√(3)/2*i, 1}

Ursala

The roots function takes a number n to the nth root of -1, squares it, and iteratively makes a list of its first n powers (oblivious to roundoff error). Complex functions cpow and mul are used, which are called from the host system's standard C library.

<lang Ursala>#import std

  1. import nat
  2. import flo

roots = ~&htxPC+ c..mul:-0^*DlSiiDlStK9\iota c..mul@iiX+ c..cpow/-1.+ div/1.+ float

  1. cast %jLL

tests = roots* <1,2,3,4,5,6></lang> The output is a list of lists of complex numbers.

<
   <1.000e+00-2.449e-16j>,
   <
      1.000e+00-2.449e-16j,
      -1.000e+00+1.225e-16j>,
   <
      1.000e+00-8.327e-16j,
      -5.000e-01+8.660e-01j,
      -5.000e-01-8.660e-01j>,
   <
      1.000e+00-8.882e-16j,
      2.220e-16+1.000e+00j,
      -1.000e+00+4.441e-16j,
      -6.661e-16-1.000e+00j>,
   <
      1.000e+00-5.551e-17j,
      3.090e-01+9.511e-01j,
      -8.090e-01+5.878e-01j,
      -8.090e-01-5.878e-01j,
      3.090e-01-9.511e-01j>,
   <
      1.000e+00-1.221e-15j,
      5.000e-01+8.660e-01j,
      -5.000e-01+8.660e-01j,
      -1.000e+00+6.106e-16j,
      -5.000e-01-8.660e-01j,
      5.000e-01-8.660e-01j>>