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  1. 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 more detail. …

  2. 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

  3. Are all natural numbers (except 1 and 2) part of at least one primitive ...

    Nov 5, 2025 · Hence, all odd numbers are included in at least one primitive triplet. Except 1, because I'm not allowing 0 to be a term in a triplet. I can't think of any primitive triplets that have an even number …

  4. What is a free group element that is not primitive?

    May 6, 2015 · A primitive element of a free group is an element of some basis of the free group. I have seen some recent papers on algorithmic problems concerning primitive elements of free groups, for …

  5. The Ackermann's function "grows faster" than any primitive recursive ...

    Apr 10, 2015 · The "grows faster" argument accomplishes this. If the Ackermann function grows faster than any primitive recursive function, it doesn't equal any of them. In order to make the "grows faster" …

  6. How to identify a group as a primitive group?

    Jul 31, 2023 · PrimitiveIdentification requires the group to be a primitive group of permutations, not just a group that can be primitive in some action. You will need to convert to a permutation group, most …

  7. Primitive of $x \mapsto e^ {\sqrt {x}}$ - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Mar 9, 2015 · Primitive of $x \mapsto e^ {\sqrt {x}}$ Ask Question Asked 11 years ago Modified 11 years ago

  8. Primitive binary necklaces - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    The problem/solution of counting the number of (primitive) necklaces (Lyndon words) is very well known. But what about results giving sufficient conditions for a given necklace be primitive? For ex...

  9. elementary number theory - Find all primitive roots modulo $18 ...

    Apr 6, 2020 · Find all primitive roots modulo $18.$ Asked 5 years, 11 months ago Modified 5 years, 11 months ago Viewed 2k times

  10. Basis of primitive nth Roots in a Cyclotomic Extension?

    Another method to show the "only if " direction is to use the fact that the trace of $\zeta_n$ is equal to zero if n is not square free, while by definition, the trace of $\zeta_n$ in this case is exactly the same …