scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1014493

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Authors Francesco Pappalardi

Publication date 7 July 1997

zbMATH Keywords

Artin's conjecturegeneralised Riemann hypothesisprimitive roots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other Dirichlet series and zeta functions (11M41) Asymptotic results on arithmetic functions (11N37) Distribution of integers in special residue classes (11N69)

Review text

For certain classes of functions \(f\) the author considers the sums \(\sum_{p \leq x} f(i_p)\), where \(i_p\) denotes the index of \(2 \bmod p\). When \(f(1)=1\) and \(f(x)=0\) otherwise, this sum counts the number of primes \(p \leq x\) for which \(2\) is a primitive root, in which case an asymptotic formula was deduced by \textit{C. Hooley} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 225, 209-220 (1967; Zbl 0221.10048)] from a very general form of the Generalised Riemann Hypothesis. The author examines the consequences of a similar approach to the more general question, using also the Brun-Titchmarsh theorem, and a result of \textit{L. Murata} [Arch.\ Math. 57, 555-565 (1991; Zbl 0755.11029)] on the number of primes for which 2 has index \(m\). This leads to a putative asymptotic formula in the case when \(|f(m)|\leq \log^C x\) for \(m \leq x\), and weaker results for functions \(f\) which do not satisfy this condition. A number of specific applications are also considered.

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