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Primitive root modulo n
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Past exam of the options II course of the University of Oxford
/
2010
/
C
/
C2
/
i
/
Solution
2026-10-31
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A
primitive root modulo
p
is
a
residue
class generating the cyclic multiplicative
group
(
Z
/
p
Z
)
×
, so its order is
p
−
1
. If
g
is one generator, all generators are
g
j
with
g
cd
(
j
,
p
−
1
)
=
1
. Thus the
number
is
φ
(
p
−
1
)
,
(1)
where
φ
is
Euler's totient function
. This includes
p
=
2
, with
φ
(
1
)
=
1
.
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