Units of the cyclotomic completion of the integer polynomial ring

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Let Z[q]N\mathbb Z[q]^{\mathbb N} denote the cyclotomic completion of Z[q]\mathbb Z[q], and let U(R)U(R) be the multiplicative group of units of a ring RR. Unit-group conjecture.

U(Z[q]N)={±qi∣i∈Z}.U\bigl(\mathbb Z[q]^{\mathbb N}\bigr)=\{\pm q^i\mid i\in\mathbb Z\}.

The claim says that completion introduces no units beyond the signed integral powers of qq. The supplied text does not state whether this claim is known or open.

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Kazuo Habiro, “Cyclotomic completions of polynomial rings”, arXiv:math/0209324 (2002).

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