Re: question about primitive roots

[Justin Walker <justin@mac.com>]

On Jun 15, 2004, at 12:45, Mc Laughlin, James wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a question about primitive roots.
> I have a prime p and I want a primitive root g.
>
> I know that znprimroot(79) will return a primitive root for the prime p
> = 79 in the form Mod(3,79), meaning that if p=79, g=3 is a primitive
> root.
>
> Is there anyway I can extract this "3" from the "Mod(3,79)" and set
> "g=3;"

Check 'lift()' (via "?lift").

Regards,

Justin

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