About 2,240,000 results
Open links in new tab
  1. 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 …

  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. 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 …

  4. Show that $2$ is a primitive root modulo $13$.

    I thought $\varphi (12)$ counts the number of coprimes to $12$.. Why does this now suddenly tell us the number of primitive roots modulo $13$? How have these powers been plucked out of thin air? I …

  5. How to prove that $g$ or $g+p$ is a primitive root modulo $p^a$ for …

    Sep 30, 2018 · I wish to prove the following: If $p$ is an odd prime and $g$ is a primitive root modulo $p$, then either $g$ or $g+p$ is a primitive root modulo every power of $p$.

  6. 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 …

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. Ackermann Function primitive recursive - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Here's a proof showing why Ackermann's function is not primitive recursive. The key to showing that A is not primitive recursive, is to find a properties shared by all primitive recursive functions, but not by A . …

  10. Primitive roots in arithmetic progression - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Apr 29, 2019 · Primitive roots in arithmetic progression Ask Question Asked 6 years, 7 months ago Modified 6 years, 7 months ago