Re: group theory question

Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> writes:

Well if the conjecture fails, a counter-example suffices.  But like I
said, I'm not sure what you're asking.  It should be apparent from
tests that some (p,g) values work and some do not.

Mod(3,17) is a generator, but its 2^n-th powers hit Mod(1,17) really
quickly.

Phil
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