A family of cyclic cubic polynomials whose roots are systems of fundamental units

We give a family of cyclic cubic polynomials whose roots are systems of fundamental units of the splitting fields. These polynomials are constructed by a linear fractional transformation from Shanks’ polynomials with rational coefficients.     

Addendum to “Distribution of points on the circle” [J. Number Theory 127 (1) (2007) 127-135]

In an earlier paper we gave a result relating the value of an exponential sum with the distribution of summands in the arcs of the unit circle in the complex plane. In a marginal case, this result is superseded by a result of Lev. In this addendum we use an idea of Lev to give a new proof of our earlier result and to improve upon the marginal result.