Multiplicative independence conjecture for shifted roots of unity

Let kk be an odd prime, and let ζk\zeta_k denote a primitive kk-th root of unity. For positive integers m,nm,n with m>nm>n, consider the algebraic integers m+ζk-m+\zeta_k and n+ζk-n+\zeta_k in Z[ζk]\mathbb{Z}[\zeta_k].

Multiplicative independence conjecture. The algebraic integers

m+ζkandn+ζk-m+\zeta_k\quad\text{and}\quad -n+\zeta_k

are multiplicatively independent.

This conjecture is the odd-prime case of the paper's goal of extending known multiplicative-independence results for bases of cyclotomic integer rings. The supplied source does not state whether this conjecture has been resolved.

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Manfred Madritsch and Volker Ziegler, “An infinite family of multiplicatively independent bases of number systems in cyclotomic number fields”, arXiv:1403.1673 (2014).

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