Determinant conjecture for twisted derivations when the conductor is 2rp2^r p

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Let K=Q(ζ)\mathbb{K}=\mathbb{Q}(\zeta) be the nnth cyclotomic number field with n=2rpn=2^r p, where rNr\in\mathbb{N} and pp is an odd rational prime, and let OK=Z[ζ]O_{\mathbb{K}}=\mathbb{Z}[\zeta]. Let u,vU(n)u,v\in U(n) with uvu\ne v, and let σ,τ:OKOK\sigma,\tau:O_{\mathbb{K}}\to O_{\mathbb{K}} satisfy σ(ζ)=ζu\sigma(\zeta)=\zeta^u and τ(ζ)=ζv\tau(\zeta)=\zeta^v. Write

β=i=02r1(p1)1biζiOK,β(τσ)(ζ)=i=02r1(p1)1(j=02r1(p1)1aijbj)ζi,\beta=\sum_{i=0}^{2^{r-1}(p-1)-1}b_i\zeta^i\in O_{\mathbb{K}},\qquad \beta(\tau-\sigma)(\zeta)=\sum_{i=0}^{2^{r-1}(p-1)-1}\left(\sum_{j=0}^{2^{r-1}(p-1)-1}a_{ij}b_j\right)\zeta^i,

and let A=[aij]A=[a_{ij}]. Suppose vu=2e1pe2mv-u=2^{e_1}p^{e_2}m, where mm is a positive integer, e1,e2e_1,e_2 are non-negative integers, and 2,p2,p do not divide mm. Determinant conjecture. The matrix AA is a 2r1(p1)×2r1(p1)2^{r-1}(p-1)\times 2^{r-1}(p-1) matrix with determinant ±22e1(p1)\pm2^{2^{e_1}(p-1)} if 1e1r11\le e_1\le r-1 and e21e_2\ge1, determinant ±p2r1\pm p^{2^{r-1}} if e1re_1\ge r and e2=0e_2=0, and determinant ±1\pm1 otherwise. The claim is intended to characterize the coefficient matrix governing inner (σ,τ)(\sigma,\tau)-derivations in this cyclotomic setting; the sign depends on the order in which the rows are formed, and the conjectural determinant underlies the subsequent criteria for inner and outer derivations.

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Praveen Manju and Rajendra Kumar Sharma, “Twisted Derivations in Algebraic Number Fields”, arXiv:2412.03507 (2026).

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