Bounded gaps between prime polynomials with a given primitive root

DOI10.1016/J.FFA.2015.11.001zbMATH Open1402.11117arXiv1503.06634OpenAlexW1708786088MaRDI QIDQ897340FDOQ897340

Lee Troupe

Publication date: 17 December 2015

Published in: Finite Fields and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A famous conjecture of Artin states that there are infinitely many prime numbers for which a fixed integer $g$ is a primitive root, provided $geq-1$ and $g$ is not a perfect square. Thanks to work of Hooley, we know that this conjecture is true, conditional on the truth of the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis. Using a combination of Hooley's analysis and the techniques of Maynard-Tao used to prove the existence of bounded gaps between primes, Pollack has shown that (conditional on GRH) there are bounded gaps between primes with a prescribed primitive root. In the present article, we provide an unconditional proof of the analogue of Pollack's work in the function field case; namely, that given a monic polynomial $g(t)$ which is not an $v$th power for any prime $v$ dividing $q-1$, there are bounded gaps between monic irreducible polynomials $P(t)$ in $mathbb{F}_q[t]$ for which $g(t)$ is a primitive root (which is to say that $g(t)$ generates the group of units modulo $P(t)$). In particular, we obtain bounded gaps between primitive polynomials, corresponding to the choice $g(t)=t$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.06634

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zbMATH Keywords

finite fieldspolynomialsbounded gaps between primes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials over finite fields (11T06) Applications of sieve methods (11N36)

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