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Primitive Root Conjecture in Arithmetic Progressions

General Mathematics 2025-09-30 v7

Abstract

Let x1x\geq 1 be a large number, and let 1a<q1 \leq a <q be integers such that gcd(a,q)=1\gcd(a,q)=1 and q=O(logc)q=O(\log^c) with c>0c>0 constant. This note proves that the counting function for the number of primes p{p=qn+a:n1}p \in \{p=qn+a: n \geq1 \} with a fixed primitive root u±1,v2u\ne \pm 1, v^2 has the asymptotic formula πu(x,q,a)=δ(u,q,a)x/logx+O(x/logbx),\pi_u(x,q,a)=\delta(u,q,a)x/ \log x +O(x/\log^b x), where δ(u,q,a)>0\delta(u,q,a)>0 is the density, and b=b(c)>1b=b(c)>1 is a constant.

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@article{arxiv.1701.03188,
  title  = {Primitive Root Conjecture in Arithmetic Progressions},
  author = {N. A. Carella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.03188},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Sixteen Pages. Refined Error Term. Keywords: Prime Number; Primitive Root; Arithmetic Progression; Artin Primitive Root Conjecture. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1609.01147