A227334 Exponent of the group of the Gaussian integers in a reduced system modulo n.

1, 2, 8, 4, 4, 8, 48, 4, 24, 4, 120, 8, 12, 48, 8, 8, 16, 24, 360, 4, 48, 120, 528, 8, 20, 12, 72, 48, 28, 8, 960, 16, 120, 16, 48, 24, 36, 360, 24, 4, 40, 48, 1848, 120, 24, 528, 2208, 8, 336, 20, 16, 12, 52, 72, 120, 48, 360, 28, 3480, 8, 60, 960, 48, 32

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Author

José María Grau Ribas, Jul 07 2013

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

a(n) is the exponent of the multiplicative group of Gaussian integers modulo n, i.e., (Z[i]/nZ[i])* = {a + b*i: a, b in Z/nZ and gcd(a^2 + b^2, n) = 1}. The number of elements in (Z[i]/nZ[i])* is A079458(n).

For n > 2, a(n) is divisible by 4. - Jianing Song, Aug 29 2018

From Jianing Song, Sep 23 2018: (Start)

Equivalent of psi (A002322) in the ring of Gaussian integers.

a(n) is the smallest positive e such that for any Gaussian integer z coprime to n we have z^e == 1 (mod n).

By definition, A079458(n)/a(n) is always an integer, and is 1 iff (Z[i]/nZ[i])* is cyclic, that is, rank((Z[i]/nZ[i])*) = A316506(n) = 0 or 1, and n has a primitive root in (Z[i]/nZ[i])*. A079458(n)/a(n) = 1 iff n = 1, 2 or a prime congruent to 3 modulo 4. (End)

Examples

			Let G = (Z[i]/4Z[i])* = {i, 3i, 1, 1 + 2i, 2 + i, 2 + 3i, 3, 3 + 2i}. The possibilities for the exponent of G are 8, 4, 2 and 1. G^4 = {x^4 mod 4 : x belongs to G} = {1} and i^2 !== 1 (mod 4). Therefore, the exponent of G is greater than 2, accordingly the exponent of G is 4 and a(4) = 4.
		

Links

• Jianing Song, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Wikipedia, Gaussian integer
• Wikipedia, Torsion group

Crossrefs

Equivalent of arithmetic functions in the ring of Gaussian integers (the corresponding functions in the ring of integers are in the parentheses): A062327 ("d", A000005), A317797 ("sigma", A000203), A079458 ("phi", A000010), this sequence ("psi", A002322), A086275 ("omega", A001221), A078458 ("Omega", A001222), A318608 ("mu", A008683).

Equivalent in the ring of Eisenstein integers: A319446.

Programs

Mathematica

fa = FactorInteger;lamas[1] = 1;lamas[p_, s_]:= Which[Mod[p, 4]==3,p^(s-1)(p^2 - 1), Mod[p, 4] == 1, p^(s - 1)(p - 1), s ≥ 4, 2^(s - 1), s > 1, 4, s == 1, 2]; lamas[n_] := {aux = 1; Do[aux = LCM[aux, lamas[fa[n][[i, 1]], fa[n][[i, 2]]]], {i, 1, Length@fa[n]}]; aux}[[1]]; Table[lamas[n], {n, 100}]

PARI

a(n)=
{
    my(r=1, f=factor(n));
    for(j=1, #f[, 1], my(p=f[j, 1], e=f[j, 2]);
        if(p==2&&e<=2, r=lcm(r,2^e));
        if(p==2&&e>=3, r=lcm(r,2^(e-1)));
        if(p%4==1, r=lcm(r,(p-1)*p^(e-1)));
        if(p%4==3, r=lcm(r,(p^2-1)*p^(e-1)));
    );
    return(r);
} \\ Jianing Song, Aug 29 2018

Formula

a(2^e) = 2^e if e <= 2 and 2^(e-1) if e >= 3, a(p^e) = (p - 1)*p^(e-1) if p == 1 (mod 4) and (p^2 - 1)*p^(e-1) if p == 3 (mod 4). If gcd(m, n) = 1 then a(mn) = lcm(a(m), a(n)). - Jianing Song, Aug 29 2018 [See the group structure of (Z[i]/(pi^e)Z[i])* in A316506, where pi is a prime element in Z[i]. - Jianing Song, Oct 03 2022]