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2015 On the least prime congruent to 1 modulo $n$
Jackson Morrow
Involve 8(2): 357-359 (2015). DOI: 10.2140/involve.2015.8.357

Abstract

For any integer n > 1, there are infinitely many primes congruent to 1(modn). In this note, the elementary argument of Thangadurai and Vatwani is modified to improve their upper estimate of the least such prime when n itself is a prime greater than or equal to 5.

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Jackson Morrow. "On the least prime congruent to 1 modulo $n$." Involve 8 (2) 357 - 359, 2015. https://doi.org/10.2140/involve.2015.8.357

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Received: 28 November 2013; Revised: 9 March 2014; Accepted: 20 March 2014; Published: 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 22 November 2017

zbMATH: 1348.11005
MathSciNet: MR3320866
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/involve.2015.8.357

Subjects:
Primary: 11B25 , 11N13

Keywords: arithmetic progressions , primes in progressions

Rights: Copyright © 2015 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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