Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4595315 | Journal of Number Theory | 2007 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
We consider an analogue of Artin's primitive root conjecture for algebraic numbers which are not units in quadratic fields. Given such an algebraic number α, for a rational prime p which is inert in the field, the maximal possible order of α modulo (p) is p2−1. An extension of Artin's conjecture is that there are infinitely many such inert primes for which this order is maximal. We show that for any choice of 113 algebraic numbers satisfying a certain simple restriction, at least one of the algebraic numbers has order at least for infinitely many inert primes p.
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