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Homework 4: Primitive Roots and
Quadratic Reciprocity
DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
William Stein
Date: Math 124
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Fall 2001
(1 point) Why do you think that quadratic reciprocity is
so cool?
- 1.
- (2 points) Calculate the following symbols by hand:
,
,
, and
.
- 2.
- (3 points) Prove that
- 3.
- (3 points) Prove that there is no primitive root
modulo
for any
.
- 4.
- (6 points) Prove that if
is a prime, then
there is a primitive root modulo
.
- 5.
- (5 points)
Use the fact that
is cyclic to give a direct proof
that
when
. [Hint: There is an
of
order
. Show that
.]
- 6.
- (6 points)
If
, show directly that
by the method of
Exercise 5. [Hint: Let
be an element of
order
. Show that
, etc.]
- 7.
- (4 points) For which primes
is
?
- 8.
- (4 points) Artin conjectured that the number of primes
such that
is a primitive root
modulo
is asymptotic to
where
is the number of
primes
and
is a fixed constant called Artin's constant.
Using a computer, make an educated guess as to what
should be, to
a few decimal places of accuracy. Explain your reasoning. (Note:
Don't try to prove that your guess is correct.)
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William A Stein
2001-12-10