A CRITERION ON PRIMITIVE ROOTS MODULO p

  • PARK, HWASIN (Department of Mathematics, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • PARK, JOONGSOO (Department of Mathematics, Woosuk University) ;
  • KIM, DAEYEOUL (Department of Mathematics, Chonbuk National University)
  • Published : 2000.06.30

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a criterion on primitive roots modulo p where p is the prime of the form $p=2^kq+1$, q odd prime. For such p we also consider the least primitive root modulo p. Also, we deal with certain isomorphism classes of elliptic curves over finite fields.

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