The American Mathematical Monthly | 2019

A Note on Gauss’s Theorem on Primitive Roots

 
 
 

Abstract


Abstract In this note, we refine Gauss’s famous theorem on the existence of primitive roots modulo pℓ for every odd prime number p and for every integer and observe the following: For an odd prime number , at least half of the primitive roots modulo p are primitive roots modulo pℓ for every integer .

Volume 126
Pages 252 - 254
DOI 10.1080/00029890.2019.1550340
Language English
Journal The American Mathematical Monthly

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