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 …
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
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What is a primitive polynomial? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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 it in …
What is the primitive of an integral? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
5 days ago · A primitive of $f$ is some other function $g$ such that $g'=f$. The integral in terms of $y$ holds $x$ as a constant and then then integrates in terms of $y$, giving the usual form of …
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 …
Proof that if $n$ has a primitive root, $x^k \equiv a \pmod n$ has …
Aug 28, 2024 · Let $n$ be a positive integer that has a primitive root (in other word for which the multiplicative group modulo $n$ is cyclic). Proof of k'th power theorem: $x^k ...
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 …
Prove that there are exactly $\phi (p-1)$ primitive roots modulo a ...
Sep 18, 2019 · @darijgrinberg yes, sorry, this part was proven in the text I am reading, which then asks you to show there are exactly $\phi (p-1)$ primitive roots. I should have made that clearer.