Talk:Multiplicative order

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Primitive root modulo n is a terrible page title; a redirect to 'primitive root' would be good.

Charles Matthews 17:02, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Anything explicitly wrong with Primitive element? Just checking :) Dysprosia 19:06, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Yes - primitive element needs disambiguation because there is another, more prominent use in field theory. The primitive element theorem states that if L is a finite separable field extension of K, then L = K(t) for some t in L; such t, generating L from K, are also called primitive elements.

Charles Matthews 09:17, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Ah, yes, thanks for reminding me :) I'll go disambiggy-it now, if it hasn't been done Dysprosia 09:19, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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Let's perhaps not merge this, the term has a bit more specific meaning and treatment in relation to number theory than it has in group theory in general. Dysprosia 03:29, 31 December 2005 (UTC)