<Chapter Label="ch:StdCyc">
<Heading>Standard generators of cyclic groups</Heading>
<Section Label="sec:StdCyc">
<Heading>Generators of multiplicative groups</Heading>
The multiplicative group of each finite field is cyclic and so for each
divisor <M>m</M> of its order there is a unique subgroup of order
<M>m</M>.
<P/>
In <Cite Key="StdFFCyc" /> we define standardized generators <M>x_m</M>
of these cyclic groups in the standard finite fields described in
chapter <Ref Chap="ch:StdFF"/> which fulfill the following compatibility
condition: If <M>k | m</M> then <M>x_m^{{m/k}} = x_k</M>.
<P/>
The condition that <M>x_m</M> can be computed is that <M>m</M> can be
factorized. (If we do not know the prime divisors of <M>m</M> then we
cannot show that a given element has order <M>m</M>.) Note that this means
that we can compute <M>x_m</M> in <C>FF(p,n)</C> when <M>m | (p^n -1)</M>
and we know the prime divisors of <M>m</M>, even when the factorization of
<M>(p^n-1)</M> is not known.
<P/>
In the case that the factorization of <M>m = p^n-1</M> is known
the corresponding <M>x_m</M> is a standardized primitive root of
<C>FF(p,n)</C> that can be computed.
<P/>
Let <M>l | n</M> and set <M>m = p^n-1</M> and <M>k = p^l-1</M>.
Then <M>x_m</M> and <M>x_k</M> are the standard primitive roots
of <C>FF(p,n)</C> and <C>FF(p,l)</C> (considered as subfield of
<C>FF(p,n)</C>), respectively. The compatibity condition says that
<M>x_m^{{m/k}} = x_k</M>. This shows that the minimal polynomials
of <M>x_m</M> and <M>x_k</M> over the prime field fulfill the
same compatibility conditions as Conway polynomials (see <Ref
BookName="Reference" Func="ConwayPolynomial" />.
<#Include Label="StandardCyclicGenerator">
</Section>
</Chapter>
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