Primitive values of quadratic polynomials in a finite field
Number Theory
2024-01-29 v2
Abstract
We prove that for all , there always exists a primitive root in the finite field such that is also a primitive root, where is a quadratic polynomial with such that .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1803.01435,
title = {Primitive values of quadratic polynomials in a finite field},
author = {Andrew R. Booker and Stephen D. Cohen and Nicole Sutherland and Tim Trudgian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.01435},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
12 pages; code available at https://arxiv.org/src/1803.01435v2/anc/