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Simultaneous insolvability of exponential congruences

Number Theory 2020-07-03 v2

Abstract

We determine a necessary and sufficient condition for the infinitude of primes pp such that none of the equations aixbi(modp),1in,a_i^x \equiv b_i \pmod{p}, 1 \le i \le n, are solvable. We control the insolvability of axb(modp)a^x \equiv b \pmod{p} by power residues for multiplicatively independent aa and bb, and by divisibilities and, most importantly, parities of orders in multiplicatively dependent cases. We also consider a more general problem concerning divisibilities of orders. The problems are motivated by Artin's primitive root conjecture and its variants.

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@article{arxiv.1912.02526,
  title  = {Simultaneous insolvability of exponential congruences},
  author = {Olli Järviniemi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.02526},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

13 pages. Rewrite and restructure article. Consider a more general problem on (in)divisibilities of orders

R2 v1 2026-06-23T12:36:46.817Z