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2022
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.13240 |
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- An integer is a primitive root modulo a prime $p$ if it generates the whole multiplicative group $(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^*$. In 1927 Artin conjectured that an integer $a$ which is not $-1$ or a square is a primitive root for infintely many primes, and that the set of those primes has a positive asymptotic density among all primes. This conjectured was proved, under the generalized Riemann hypothesis (GRH), in 1967 by Hooley. More generally, an integer is called a generalized primitive root modulo $n$ if it generates a subgroup of $(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^*$ of maximal size. Li and Pomerance showed, under GRH, that the set of integers for which a given integer is a generalized primitive root doesn't have an asymptotic density among all integers. We study here the set of the $\ell$-almost primes, i.e. integers with at most $\ell$ prime factors, for which a given integer $a\in\mathbb{Z}\backslash\{-1\}$, which is not a square, is a generalized primitive root, and we prove, under GRH, that this set has an asymptotic density among all the $\ell$-almost primes.