[seqfan] Re: A056619

[Neil Sloane]

PS
I see Maximilian Hasler already went ahead and made the corrections to
A056619.

I guess it is not worth worrying about keeping the old version, so I will
approve his changes.  OK with you, Robert (Israel)?  OK with you, Bob
(Wilson)?

Best regards
Neil

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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Neil Sloane <njasloane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert,  Thanks for catching that error in A056619.
> I guess 17 years is long enough to give it a permanent place in the OEIS,
> even if it is wrong. So what I suggest is, you create a new and correct
> version, and change the name of A056619 to "Erroneous version of [new
> A-number]", and change the link in A023049 to point to the new version.
>
> Fortunately that seems to be the only OEIS link to the bad version.
>
> Best regards
> Neil
>
> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> Phone: 732 828 6098 <(732)%20828-6098>; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 3:49 PM, <israel at math.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>> A056619 is "Smallest prime with primitive root of n or 0 if no such prime
>> exists." In the Crossrefs (what should probably be a Comment) says:
>>
>> Here the primitive root may be larger than the prime, whereas in A023049
>> in may not be.
>>
>> and the Comment says:
>>
>> a(n) = 0 only for perfect squares, A000290.
>> The Data has a(n) = 0 for squares < 99.
>>
>> Well, I agree with that for even n, because if p is an odd prime a square
>> can't be a primitive root mod p. But I see no reason for that to be true
>> for odd n: all odd numbers, including odd squares, are primitive roots mod
>> 2. So I think a(n) should be 2, not 0, for odd squares.
>>
>> However, this being an old sequence, I hesitate to change the Data.  What
>> do
>> you suggest?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Robert
>>
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