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

    Jan 6, 2019 · While antiderivative, primitive, and indefinite integral are synonymous in the United States, other languages seem not to have any equivalent terms for antiderivative. As others have pointed out …

  2. Show that $2$ is a primitive root modulo $13$.

    I thought $\varphi (12)$ counts the number of coprimes to $12$.. Why does this now suddenly tell us the number of primitive roots modulo $13$? How have these powers been plucked out of thin air? I …

  3. What is a primitive polynomial? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 31, 2010 · 9 What is a primitive polynomial? I was looking into some random number generation algorithms and 'primitive polynomial' came up a sufficient number of times that I decided to look into …

  4. 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

  5. $fg$ primitive $\\to$ $f, g$ primitive - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Dec 16, 2021 · $fg$ primitive $\to$ $f, g$ primitive Ask Question Asked 4 years, 2 months ago Modified 2 years, 2 months ago

  6. What are primitive roots modulo n? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    The important fact is that the only numbers $n$ that have primitive roots modulo $n$ are of the form $2^\varepsilon p^m$, where $\varepsilon$ is either $0$ or $1$, $p$ is an odd prime, and $m\ge0$

  7. Find all the primitive roots of - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jun 6, 2016 · Find all the primitive roots of 13 13 My attempt: Since that 13 13 is a prime I need to look for g g such that g13−1 ≡ 1\mathchoice (mod 13) g 13 1 ≡ 1 \mathchoice (mod 13) There are ϕ(12) = …

  8. Primitive polynomials - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 14, 2016 · A polynomial with integer coefficients is primitive if its content (the GCD of its coefficients) is 1. You can simply enumerate the primitive monic quadratic polynomials (depicted as ordered …

  9. How do you find the primitive/integral of $\arctan (x)$?

    May 29, 2018 · I tried searching for how you derive the integral/primitive of $\arctan (x)$, but I can't find any question on S.E with an answer that clearly explains this. I feel that there should be one, since it …

  10. Ackermann Function primitive recursive - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    The only information that i can find on the wikipedia page is [Ackermann's function] grows faster than any primitive recursive function and is therefore not primitive recursive Which isn't a good example of …