The least primitive root modulo p²

2019/08/30 by Kerr, Bryce, McGown, Kevin, Trudgian, Tim
#11A07 #11L40 #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1908.11497

Abstract

We provide an explicit estimate on the least primitive root mod p². We show, in particular, that every prime p has a primitive root mod p² that is less than p^0.99.

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