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Re: primitive root error
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Sep 21, 2012 4:21 AM
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> The number theoretic function PrimitiveRoot[n] is supposed to give the
> smallest generator ...
Hi. Trying to read up on the subject I noticed this interesting note in Mathworld.
It mentions that the program may not return the smallest solution if the number is composite (ie 18 )
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A primitive root of a number (but not necessarily the smallest primitive root for composite ) can be computed inMathematica using PrimitiveRoot[n].
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimitiveRoot.html
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HTH :>)
Dana DeLouis
Mac & Mathematica 8
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On Friday, September 14, 2012 12:16:47 AM UTC-4, Dan Dubin wrote:
> The number theoretic function PrimitiveRoot[n] is supposed to give the
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> smallest generator for the multiplicative group of integers module n
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> relatively prime to n. However, Mathematica 8 says that
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> PrimitiveRoot[18] equals 11. This is incorrect. While this is a
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> generator, it is not the smallest generator of the group. The correct
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> answer is 5:
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> In[1]:= Table[Mod[5^n, 18], {n, 0, 6}]
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> Out[1]= {1, 5, 7, 17, 13, 11, 1}
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