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A243164
Number of primes p < n such that p*n is a primitive root modulo prime(n).
6
0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 6, 2, 5, 5, 4, 4, 2, 4, 6, 7, 6, 7, 2, 7, 4, 7, 4, 4, 6, 7, 3, 7, 7, 3, 7, 7, 9, 7, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 4, 9, 8, 2, 10, 7, 9, 11, 5, 6, 5, 9, 11, 8, 6, 9
OFFSET
1,11
COMMENTS
Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 6.
(ii) Any integer n > 6 can be written as k + m with k > 0 and m > 0 such that k*m is a primitive root modulo prime(n).
We have verified part (i) for all n = 7, ..., 2*10^5.
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 1 since 3 is prime with 3*4 = 12 a primitive root modulo prime(4) = 7.
a(9) = 1 since 7 is prime with 7*9 = 63 a primitive root modulo prime(9) = 23.
a(10) = 1 since 5 is prime with 5*10 = 50 a primitive root modulo prime(10) = 29.
a(12) = 1 since 2 is prime with 2*12 = 24 a primitive root modulo prime(12) = 37.
MATHEMATICA
dv[n_]:=Divisors[n]
Do[m=0; Do[Do[If[Mod[(Prime[k]*n)^(Part[dv[Prime[n]-1], i]), Prime[n]]==1, Goto[aa]], {i, 1, Length[dv[Prime[n]-1]]-1}]; m=m+1; Label[aa]; Continue, {k, 1, PrimePi[n-1]}]; Print[n, " ", m]; Continue, {n, 1, 80}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, May 31 2014
STATUS
approved