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Proof of the Existence of Primitive Roots

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This page is dedicated to proving the existence of primitive roots for certain integers.

Statement

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Then $n$ have a primitive root if and only if

\[n=2,4,p^t, \text{or} , 2p^t\]

Proof

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