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On Artin's conjecture on average and short character sums

Authors: Klurman, Oleksiy; Shparlinski, Igor E.; Teräväinen, Joni

Publisher: WILEY

Publishing place: HOBOKEN

Publication year: 2025

Journal: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Journal name in source: BULLETIN OF THE LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

Journal acronym: B LOND MATH SOC

Number of pages: 15

ISSN: 0024-6093

eISSN: 1469-2120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.70103

Web address : https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.70103

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/498668440

Abstract

Let N_a(x) denote the number of primes up to x for which the integer a is a primitive root. We show that N_a(x) satisfies the asymptotic predicted by Artin's conjecture for almost all 1 ⩽ a ⩽ exp((log log x)²). This improves on a result of Stephens (1969). A key ingredient in the proof is a new short character sum estimate over the integers, improving on the range of a result of Garaev (2006).

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Funding information in the publication:
Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Numbers: DP230100530, DP230100534; Knut and AliceWallenberg
Fellowship; European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie, Grant/Award Number: 101058904; Academy of Finland, Grant/Award Number: 362303