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A086966 Number of distinct zeros of x^4-x-1 mod prime(n). +0
4
0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 2, 4, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 3, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 2, 2, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 0 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,7

COMMENT

For the prime modulus 283, the polynomial can be factored as (x+18) (x+168) (x+190)^2, showing that x=93 is a zero of multiplicity 2. The discriminant of the polynomial is 283. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Aug 12 2004

LINKS

J.-P. Serre, On a theorem of Jordan, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 40 (No. 4, 2003), 429-440, see p. 434.

MATHEMATICA

Table[p=Prime[n]; cnt=0; Do[If[Mod[x^4-x-1, p]==0, cnt++ ], {x, 0, p-1}]; cnt, {n, 105}] (from T. D. Noe)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A086937, A086965, A086967.

Sequence in context: A112761 A025886 A117355 this_sequence A140080 A065359 A087372

Adjacent sequences: A086963 A086964 A086965 this_sequence A086967 A086968 A086969

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

njas, Sep 24 2003

EXTENSIONS

More terms from T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Sep 24 2003

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