MODIFIED CYCLOTOMIC POLYNOMIALS

Let H be a subgroup of $\mathbb{Z}^*_n$ (the multiplicative group of integers modulo n) and h₁, h₂, …, h_l distinct representatives of the cosets of H in $\mathbb{Z}^*_n$. We now define a polynomial J_n,H(x) to be $$J_{n,H}(x)=\prod^l_{j=1} \left( x-\sum_{h{\in}H} {\zeta}^{h_jh}_n\right)$$, where ${\zeta}_n=e^{\frac{2{\pi}i}{n}}$ is the nth primitive root of unity. Polynomials of such form generalize the nth cyclotomic polynomial $\Phi_n(x)={\prod}_{k{\in}\mathbb{Z}^*_n}(x-{\zeta}^k_n)$ as J_n,{1}(x) = Φ_n(x). While the nth cyclotomic polynomial Φ_n(x) is irreducible over ℚ, J_n,H(x) is not necessarily irreducible. In this paper, we determine the subgroups H for which J_n,H(x) is irreducible over ℚ.