Title
Characterizations of Mersenne and 2-Rooted Primes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2015
Department 1
Mathematics
Abstract
We give several characterizations of Mersenne primes and of primes for which 2 is a primitive root. These characterizations involve group algebras, circulant matrices, binomial coefficients, and bipartite graphs.
DOI
10.1016/j.ffa.2015.06.003
Recommended Citation
Chebolu, Sunil K., Keir Lockridge, and Gaywalee Yamskulna. "Characterizations of Mersenne and 2-Rooted Primes." Finite Fields and Their Applications 35 (September 2015), 330-351.
Comments
Original version is available from the publisher, Elsevier.