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  1. calculus - Why is "antiderivative" also known as "primitive ...

    Jan 6, 2019 · If I had to guess, I would say that calling the antiderivative as primitive is of French origin. Is one term more popular than the other?

  2. lambda calculus - Show that subtraction is primitive recursive ...

    Dec 12, 2022 · I have noticed that you have been asking countless questions within the "lambda calculus" tag, and have not been accepting or commenting on any of the answers. Why is that?

  3. 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 …

  4. finite fields - Irreducible polynomial, Primitive Polynomial and ...

    Nov 18, 2016 · I read about irreducible polynomial, primitive polynomial and minimal polynomial and now i am not able to differentiate between them, its chaos in my mind. Can somebody describe what they …

  5. Finding a primitive root of a prime number

    May 16, 2023 · 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

  6. real analysis - What is the necessary and sufficient condition for the ...

    Let $f$ be a function defined on $[a,b]$. Now, under what condition does a primitive of f exists and if it exists how do we find it and its domain? I think, if $f$ is ...

  7. number theory - Verify that $x$ is a primitive root modulo $n ...

    How can we the quickest to test whether $x$ is a primitive root modulo $n$?

  8. Positive integers $(a, b, c)$ are a primitive Pythagorean triple

    Sep 21, 2020 · You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote. Upvoting indicates when questions and answers are useful. What's reputation and how do I …

  9. Primitive polynomials - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 14, 2016 · What do you call "primitive polynomial over a finite field" to, please? Could it be you actually meant "irreducible"?

  10. Equivalent definition of primitive Dirichlet character

    Mar 9, 2021 · Thanks a lot for the answer! For the last paragraph I think it is a difference in the convention: My text directly defines a Dirichlet character $\mod q$ is primitive ...