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Global Primitive Roots of Unity

Number Theory 2026-04-15 v41

Abstract

An ideal setting to exhibit infinite sets of primes pp relative to which an integer is a primitive root (modp)\pmod p is provided by the B\'ezout subdomain B~:=ZP/U\widetilde{\mathbb{B}}:=\mathbb{Z}^{\mathbb{P}}/\mathfrak{U} of the valuation domain Z~=UZp\widetilde{\mathbb{Z}}=\prod_{\mathfrak{U}} \mathbb{Z}_p with respect to a nonprincipal ultrafilter U\mathfrak{U} on P\mathbb{P}, extant via Chebotarev's theorem and the ultrafilter theorem and such that the relative algebraic closure L:=Abs(Q~)\mathbb{L}:=\mathrm{Abs}(\widetilde{\mathbb{Q}}) of the prime field of the valued field Q~=UQp\widetilde{\mathbb{Q}}=\prod_{\mathfrak{U}} \mathbb{Q}_p contains p~\sqrt{-\tilde p} for pPp\in\mathbb{P}, contains no q~3\sqrt[3]{\tilde q} for qPq\in\mathbb{P}, and has tor(L×)=ζ6\mathrm{tor}(\mathbb{L}^\times)=\langle \zeta_6\rangle. Results include positive resolutions of the conjectured infinitude of primes pp for which (i) p16\frac{p-1}{6} is prime and (ii) a non-perfect-square 1mZ-1\neq m\in\mathbb{Z} is a primitive root (modp)\pmod p, establishing as manifest the efficacy of ultraproduct treatments in resolving number theory problems requiring certification of countably infinite conforming sets. Furthermore, we extend these results to the quantitative APRC via normalised ergodic Haar measure on the (monothetic) universal adelic torus Hom(Q(c),RZ)\mathrm{Hom}(\mathbb{Q}^{(\mathfrak{c})},\frac{\mathbb{R}}{\mathbb{Z}}), leveraging B\'ezout rigidity of B~\widetilde{\mathbb{B}} and the qualitative APRC witness set Tm={qP ⁣:m is a primitive root ⁣(modq)}T_m = \{ q\in\mathbb{P} \colon m\text{ is a primitive root}\!\pmod{q}\} to present a GRH-free computation of the natural density of TmT_m as the corrected/entangled Artin Euler product cmqP(11q(q1))c_m\prod_{q\in\mathbb{P}}(1-\frac{1}{q(q-1)}).

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@article{arxiv.2411.16000,
  title  = {Global Primitive Roots of Unity},
  author = {Wayne Lewis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16000},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

17 pages. New adelic proof of QuantAPRC in Hom(Q^(c), R/Z). Natural density with correction/entanglement multipliers of Artin/Euler product computed. Adelic representation of category of finite-dimensional compact connected abelian groups. Detailed proof of Theorem 3.17 added

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