primitive root (English, noun)
expansion: primitive root (plural primitive roots)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: For a given modulus n, a number g such that for every a coprime to n there exists an integer k such that gᵏ ≡ a (mod n); a generator (or primitive element) of the multiplicative group, modulo n, of integers relatively prime to n.
Forms:
form: primitive roots
tags: plural