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  2. Multiplicative group of integers modulo n - Wikipedia

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    The multiplicative group of integers modulo n, ... By definition, the group is cyclic if and only if it has a generator g (a generating set {g} of size one), ...

  3. Lehmer random number generator - Wikipedia

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    The Lehmer random number generator [1] (named after D. H. Lehmer), sometimes also referred to as the Park–Miller random number generator (after Stephen K. Park and Keith W. Miller), is a type of linear congruential generator (LCG) that operates in multiplicative group of integers modulo n.

  4. Primitive root modulo n - Wikipedia

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    n, and is called the group of units modulo n, or the group of primitive classes modulo n. As explained in the article multiplicative group of integers modulo n, this multiplicative group (× n) is cyclic if and only if n is equal to 2, 4, p k, or 2 p k where p k is a power of an odd prime number.

  5. Generating set of a group - Wikipedia

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    The 5th roots of unity in the complex plane form a group under multiplication. Each non-identity element generates the group. In abstract algebra, a generating set of a group is a subset of the group set such that every element of the group can be expressed as a combination (under the group operation) of finitely many elements of the subset and their inverses.

  6. Cyclic group - Wikipedia

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    The six 6th complex roots of unity form a cyclic group under multiplication. Here, z is a generator, but z 2 is not, because its powers fail to produce the odd powers of z. For any element g in any group G, one can form the subgroup that consists of all its integer powers: g = { g k | k ∈ Z}, called the cyclic subgroup generated by g.

  7. Primitive element (finite field) - Wikipedia

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    In field theory, a primitive element of a finite field GF(q) is a generator of the multiplicative group of the field. In other words, α ∈ GF(q) is called a primitive element if it is a primitive (q − 1) th root of unity in GF(q); this means that each non-zero element of GF(q) can be written as α i for some natural number i.

  8. Linear congruential generator - Wikipedia

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    The second row is the same generator with a seed of 3, which produces a cycle of length 2. Using a = 4 and c = 1 (bottom row) gives a cycle length of 9 with any seed in [0, 8]. A linear congruential generator (LCG) is an algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear equation.

  9. Multiplicative group - Wikipedia

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    The group scheme of n-th roots of unity is by definition the kernel of the n-power map on the multiplicative group GL(1), considered as a group scheme.That is, for any integer n > 1 we can consider the morphism on the multiplicative group that takes n-th powers, and take an appropriate fiber product of schemes, with the morphism e that serves as the identity.