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  1. 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. …

  2. 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

  3. 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. …

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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 …

  7. 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.

  8. primitive idempotents in semisimple rings - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jan 28, 2017 · Artin-Wedderburn matrix decomposition holds for every semisimple ring. The first chapter of T.Y. Lam's book "A first course in noncommutative rings" should have everything you need.

  9. 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 …

  10. Practical method of calculating primitive roots modulo a prime

    Jun 9, 2012 · As others have mentioned, we don't know efficient methods for finding generators for (Z/pZ)∗ (ℤ / p ℤ) ∗ without knowing the factorization of p − 1 p 1. However, you can efficiently …