17

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Summary

Factorization

The number 17 is a prime number.

Properties and families

Property or family Parameter values First few numbers Proof of satisfaction/membership/containment
prime number it is the 7th prime number 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31, ... (never stops, infinitude of primes) divide and check
Fermat number, Fermat prime F2, where Fn=22n+1, starts n=0 3,5,17,257,65537 plug and check
regular prime sixth regular prime (2 is neither regular nor irregular) 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 41, 43, 47, 53, 61, [SHOW MORE]View list on OEIS

Structure of integers mod 17

Discrete logarithm

Template:Fermat prime discrete log facts to check against

We can take 3 to be a primitive root mod 17, i.e., a generator for the multiplicative group of integers mod 17. With this, the discrete logarithm table from the multiplicative group mod 17 to the additive group mod 16 looks as follows:

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