[seqfan] Re: A question on sequence A174407

Sean A. Irvine sairvin at gmail.com
Mon Apr 15 22:00:26 CEST 2024


Ah, now I understand your question.

Robert's b-file seems correct to me, so I assume just a typo in the comment.

I'll propose we simply remove the comment. It doesn't add anything over the
name anyway.

Sean.


On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 07:53, José Hdz. Stgo. <15620 at uagro.mx> wrote:

> I understand the definition of the sequence. My main concern is about the
> assertion in the COMMENT. It reads:
>
>
> a(n) is the number of x with 0 < x < p and g^x == x (mod p)
>
> With the case of p=17 all I am implying is that this assertion should be
> amended.
>
> Best regards,
>
> José Hdz. Stgo.
>
>
> El lun, 15 abr 2024 a las 13:26, Tim Peters (<tim.peters at gmail.com>)
> escribió:
>
>>
>>> What do you get when you try to verify the assertion in the COMMENTS for
>>> p=17?
>>>
>>
>> I don't think I understand your question. I already posted the 7 fixed
>> points I found for p=17:
>>
>>
>>> 3^5 = 5 (mod 17)
>>>> 5^11 = 11 (mod 17)
>>>> 6^2 = 2 (mod 17)
>>>> 7^3 = 3 (mod 17)
>>>> 10^4 = 4 (mod 17)
>>>> 11^2 = 2 (mod 17)
>>>> 12^7 = 7 (mod 17
>>>>
>>>
>> You said you found 6, but didn't say which 6 you found.  Do you
>> disagree with any of the 7 I showed?
>>
>


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