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  1. calculus - Why is "antiderivative" also known as "primitive ...

    Jan 6, 2019 · At least in the United States, it seems that antiderivative is the more prevalent term although primitive does still get used. It seems that primitive is commonly used abroad. While …

  2. What are primitive roots modulo n? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

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  3. Find all the primitive roots of - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jun 6, 2016 · So you find the first primitive root by taking any number, calculating its powers until the result is 1, and if p = 13 you must have 12 different powers until the result is 1 to have a …

  4. discrete mathematics - Understanding the definition of primitive ...

    Dec 7, 2020 · I'm a little (truthfully really) lost with the definition of primitive recursion. Here is the definition for primitive recursive functions that we have in our course (translated from German): …

  5. What is a primitive polynomial? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 31, 2010 · What is a primitive polynomial? I was looking into some random number generation algorithms and 'primitive polynomial' came up a sufficient number of times that I decided to …

  6. What is the difference between total recursive and primitive …

    Oct 24, 2011 · Each primitive recursive function is defined by a particular finite set of recursion equations, in terms of a fixed set of basic functions. We can use this to define an effective …

  7. complex analysis - Do holomorphic functions have primitive ...

    Mar 16, 2022 · Then it can be shown that every holomorphic function $\Omega\to\mathbb C$ has a primitive if and only if $\Omega$ is simply connected. Meaning that $\Omega$ has no holes. …

  8. Primitive polynomials - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Aug 10, 2015 · $\begingroup$ @DonAntonio: Primitive polynomial has a standard meaning in the context of finite fields. A polynomial is said to be primitive, if its zero generates the …

  9. What is a primitive root? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Sep 1, 2015 · I sometimes find it helpful to think of primitive roots as akin to logarithms...that is, a way to change multiplication into addition. For example, let's consider powers of $3$ …

  10. What are prime and primitive polynomials? - Mathematics Stack …

    May 30, 2016 · I will really appreciate if someone could give example of these and explain what makes them primitive and prime. e.g about polynomials used in Cyclic Redundancy Check that …

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