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A084793 For p = prime(n), the number of solutions (g,h) to the equation g^h = h (mod p), where 0 < h < p and g is a primitive root of p; fixed points of the discrete logarithm with base g. 3
0, 0, 1, 3, 2, 4, 10, 3, 13, 15, 7, 7, 16, 16, 27, 25, 20, 13, 18, 30, 29, 30, 32, 51, 33, 34, 37, 44, 21, 53, 27, 39, 62, 35, 69, 28, 43, 43, 93, 89, 74, 42, 94, 62, 81, 54, 35, 73, 98, 74, 110, 101, 67, 86, 120, 143, 121, 109, 96, 89, 84, 135, 102, 139, 108, 159, 99, 108 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
For prime p > 3, there is always a solution to the equation.
REFERENCES
R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, Second Edition, Springer, 1994, Section F9.
W. P. Zhang, On a problem of Brizolis, Pure Appl. Math., 11(suppl.):1-3, 1995.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 1 because 2^3 = 3 (mod 5) is the only solution.
MATHEMATICA
Table[p=Prime[n]; x=PrimitiveRoot[p]; prims=Select[Range[p-1], GCD[ #1, p-1]==1&]; s=0; Do[g=PowerMod[x, prims[[i]], p]; Do[If[PowerMod[g, h, p]==h, s++ ], {h, p-1}], {i, Length[prims]}]; s, {n, 3, 100}]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A338246 A368225 A371267 * A033820 A095259 A260596
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
T. D. Noe, Jun 03 2003
STATUS
approved

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