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Equality of orders of a set of integers modulo a prime

Number Theory 2020-06-15 v2

Abstract

For finitely generated subgroups W1,,WtW_1, \ldots , W_t of Q×\mathbb{Q}^{\times}, integers k1,,ktk_1, \ldots , k_t, a Galois extension FF of Q\mathbb{Q} and a union of conjugacy classes CGal(F/Q)C \subset \text{Gal}(F/\mathbb{Q}), we develop methods for determining if there exists infinitely many primes pp such that the index of the reduction of WiW_i modulo pp divides kik_i and such that the Artin symbol of pp on FF is contained in CC. The results are a multivariable generalization of H.W. Lenstra's work. As an application, we determine all integers a1,,ana_1, \ldots , a_n such that ordp(a1)==ordp(an)\text{ord}_p(a_1) = \ldots = \text{ord}_p(a_n) for infinitely many primes pp. We also discuss the set of those pp for which ordp(a1)>>ordp(an)\text{ord}_p(a_1) > \ldots > \text{ord}_p(a_n). The obtained results are conditional to a generalization of the Riemann hypothesis.

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@article{arxiv.1912.02554,
  title  = {Equality of orders of a set of integers modulo a prime},
  author = {Olli Järviniemi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.02554},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

20 pages. Add section on Kummer-type extensions and improve exposition