On the multiplicative order of a^n modulo n

zbMATH Open1210.11007arXiv0902.4366MaRDI QIDQ3550113FDOQ3550113

Authors: Jonathan Chappelon 

Publication date: 30 March 2010

Abstract: Let $n$ be a positive integer and $alph{a}_n$ be the arithmetic function which assigns the multiplicative order of $a^n$ modulo $n$ to every integer $a$ coprime to $n$ and vanishes elsewhere. Similarly, let $$ assign the projective multiplicative order of $a^n$ modulo $n$ to every integer $a$ coprime to $n$ and vanishes elsewhere. In this paper, we present a study of these two arithmetic functions. In particular, we prove that for positive integers $n_1$ and $n_2$ with the same square-free part, there exists an exact relationship between the functions $alph{a}_{n_1}$ and $alph{a}_{n_2}$ and between the functions $$ and $$. This allows us to reduce the determination of $alph{a}_n$ and $$ to the case where $n$ is square-free. These arithmetic functions recently appeared in the context of an old problem of Molluzzo, and more precisely in the study of which arithmetic progressions yield a balanced Steinhaus triangle in $mathbbZ/nmathbbZ$ for $n$ odd.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.4366

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zbMATH Keywords

multiplicative orderMolluzzo's problemSteinhaus trianglesbalanced Steinhaus trianglesprojective multiplicative order

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Congruences; primitive roots; residue systems (11A07) Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25) Multiplicative structure; Euclidean algorithm; greatest common divisors (11A05)

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