Primitive element

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In field theory, a branch of mathematics, a primitive element of a finite field GF(q) is a generator of the multiplicative group of the field, which is necessarily cyclic.

## See also[edit]

* Primitive element (field theory)
* Primitive root

## References[edit]

* Jacobson, Nathan (1985). Basic Algebra I, 2nd ed. W. H. Freeman and Co.. ISBN 978-0-7167-1480-4.
* Lidl, Rudolf; Harald Niederreiter (1997). Finite Fields, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-39231-4.