Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Tim Trudgian

  • Date: 06/28/2016
  • Time: 12:00
Lecturer(s):
Tim Trudgian, Australian National University
Location: 

University of Lethbridge

Topic: 

Grosswald's conjecture on primitive roots

Description: 

Very little is known about the distribution of primitive roots of a prime p. Grosswald conjectured that the least primitive root of a prime p is less than the square root of p, minus 2, for all p greater than 409. While this is certainly true for all p sufficiently large, Grosswald's conjecture in still open. I shall outline some recent work which resolves the conjecture completely under the Generalised Riemann Hypothesis and which almost resolves the conjecture unconditionally.

Other Information: 

Location: C630 University Hall

 

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