
calculus - Why is "antiderivative" also known as "primitive ...
Jan 6, 2019 · The so-called primitive function f f, which was the starting point and so came first, the root meaning of primitive (Lat. primus, first), is what we might call an antiderivative or integral of p p. …
Finding a primitive root of a prime number
Jan 3, 2015 · How would you find a primitive root of a prime number such as 761? How do you pick the primitive roots to test? Randomly? Thanks
What is a primitive polynomial? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
9 What is a primitive polynomial? I was looking into some random number generation algorithms and 'primitive polynomial' came up a sufficient number of times that I decided to look into it in more detail. …
Primitive roots in arithmetic progression - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Apr 29, 2019 · Let a a be a primitive root modulo odd prime. Show that in an arithmetic progression a + kp a + k p, where k = 0, 1, …, p − 1 k = 0, 1,, p 1 there is exactly one number that is NOT a primitive …
What are primitive roots modulo n? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
I'm trying to understand what primitive roots are for a given mod n mod n. Wolfram's definition is as follows: A primitive root of a prime p p is an integer g g such that g (mod p) g (mod p) has …
When are Idempotents elements of a semisimple algebra primitive
Jun 26, 2024 · 1 Based on the comments, a primitive central idempotent is a central idempotent that cannot be written as a sum of two central orthogonal idempotents. If we define that a primitive …
algebraic number theory - Proving Dirichlet character is primitive ...
Sep 29, 2023 · There is only one primitive quadratic Dirichlet character modulo N N, namely the one induced by (Δ(⋅) (Δ ( ⋅ ), where Δ Δ is the discrimininant with absolute value N N.
logic - To what extent can Primitive Recursion perform wellfounded ...
Jul 31, 2024 · In fact, primitive recursive functions can perform a huge variety of set-theoretic tasks, which makes primitive wellfounded recursion straightforward... Or at least, it's straightforward to …
Find the number of primitive elements - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Oct 29, 2014 · How can i find the number of primitive elements over the field of order q? GF(27) for example. Is there a formula that I can follow? I'm really confused on how to find them. Any help …
Primitive subgroup of $ SU_n - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jun 9, 2022 · Wow! this is a beautiful proof of the fact that every primitive finite subgroup of $ SU_n $ is contained in a maximal finite subgroup of $ SU_n $. Earlier I claimed that a finite subgroup of $ SU_n …