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A note on primitive roots in finite fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

John B. Friedlander
John B. Friedlander
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The Pennsylvania State University.
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Let K be the finite field of pn elements, and Zp its prime subfield. It was proved by Davenport [3] that if p > p0(n) and θ is any given generating element of K, then there exists an integer m such that θ + m is a primitive root of K.

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Mathematika , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , June 1972 , pp. 112 - 114
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Copyright © University College London 1972

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