The Relationship Between Primitive Roots and Their Powers
An exploration of the connection between primitive roots and their powers, including a proof that every prime has a primitive root and methods to count the number of primitive roots modulo a prime.

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5.6K views • Sep 8, 2020

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Proof that every prime has a primitive root: https://youtu.be/kHrNBwsM3lY
We want to count the number of primitive roots mod p for any prime. To do that, we'll use some very cool properties related to the exponents of primitive roots!
Quadratic Residues playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLug5ZIRrShJGJieICD2KnqU9cRioaEBjB
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Music: OcularNebula - The Lopez
We want to count the number of primitive roots mod p for any prime. To do that, we'll use some very cool properties related to the exponents of primitive roots!
Quadratic Residues playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLug5ZIRrShJGJieICD2KnqU9cRioaEBjB
Subscribe to see more new math videos!
Music: OcularNebula - The Lopez
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Sep 8, 2020
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