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  1. 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 …

  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. 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 …

  4. number theory - Real Primitive Characters and Quadratic Forms ...

    Actually my main question is the connection between the primitive Dirichlet characters and the theory of quadratic forms. I could not understand the relation between the discriminant of quadratic fields and …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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

  7. 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" …

  8. 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 …

  9. Primitive of a Group Action - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Feb 12, 2018 · Primitive of a Group Action Ask Question Asked 8 years, 1 month ago Modified 8 years, 1 month ago

  10. Finding a primitive element of a finite field

    Dec 8, 2013 · Finding a primitive element of a finite field Ask Question Asked 12 years, 3 months ago Modified 3 years, 5 months ago