
calculus - Why is "antiderivative" also known as "primitive ...
Jan 6, 2019 · While antiderivative, primitive, and indefinite integral are synonymous in the United States, other languages seem not to have any equivalent terms for antiderivative. As others have pointed out …
Finding a primitive root of a prime number
May 16, 2023 · How would you find a primitive root of a prime number such as 761? How do you pick the primitive roots to test? Randomly? Thanks
What are primitive roots modulo n? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
The important fact is that the only numbers $n$ that have primitive roots modulo $n$ are of the form $2^\varepsilon p^m$, where $\varepsilon$ is either $0$ or $1$, $p$ is an odd prime, and $m\ge0$
elementary number theory - Find all the primitive roots of $13 ...
Jun 6, 2016 · 2 Primes have not just one primitive root, but many. So you find the first primitive root by taking any number, calculating its powers until the result is 1, and if p = 13 you must have 12 …
How to find all primitive triples (a,b,c)? (Pythagorean Triples)
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What is a primitive polynomial? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jul 31, 2010 · 9 What is a primitive polynomial? I was looking into some random number generation algorithms and 'primitive polynomial' came up a sufficient number of times that I decided to look into …
Show that $2$ is a primitive root modulo $13$.
Hence $2$ has order $12$ modulo 13 and is therefore a primitive root modulo $13$. Now note all even powers of $2$ can't be primitive roots as they are squares modulo $13$. $ (*)$
$fg$ primitive $\to$ $f, g$ primitive - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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Proof of existence of primitive roots - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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What is a primitive root? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Sep 1, 2015 · I have read that, but essentially what I want to know is, can a primitive root be defined in a simpler, easier to understand way? For my level of mathematics, some of the more formal definitions …