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Primitive roots for every admissible integer base

OpenAI research collection · 2 manuscripts · Source checked 2026-10-19

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Proves the infinitude assertion in Artin's primitive root conjecture for every integer a that is neither −1 nor a square. For each such base, at least c_a x/(log x)^2 primes in every sufficiently large interval (x,2x) have primitive root a, with c_a> 0.

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Primitive roots for every admissible integer base

We prove the infinitude assertion in Artin's primitive root conjecture: for every integer a that is neither −1 nor a square, there are at least c_a x/(log x)^2 primes in (x,2x) with primitive root a, for some c_a> 0 and every sufficiently large x.

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Simultaneous primitive roots: a conditional lower bound for prime bases

For every fixed finite set of distinct positive primes, we prove that at least cx/(log x)^2 primes in (x,2x) have every member of the set as a primitive root, for some c > 0 and all sufficiently large x. The result assumes four explicitly stated analytic and sieve inputs from the companion paper on primitive roots for…

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For every fixed finite set of distinct positive primes, we prove that at least cx/(log x)^2 primes in (x,2x) have every member of the set as a primitive root, for some c > 0 and all sufficiently large x. The result assumes four explicitly stated analytic and sieve inputs from the companion paper on primitive roots for admissible integer bases.

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