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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 $\bmod\ n$. Wolfram's definition is as follows: A primitive root of a prime $p$ is an integer $g$ such ...

  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. How can I use python to find all the primitive roots of a number …

    May 18, 2021 · Instead of "if gcd (modulo, num)" you should use "if gcd (modulo, num) == 1". This works for 6 on my machine, correctly predicting that mod 6 the only primitive root is 5. Your …

  6. 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 …

  7. Derivative of square root - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Nov 12, 2016 · What would be the derivative of square roots? For example if I have $2 \\sqrt{x}$ or $\\sqrt{x}$. I'm unsure how to find the derivative of these and include them especially in …

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

    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 ...

  9. 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 $n$?

  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 ...