Full reptend prime

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Definition

For arbitrary base

A prime p is termed a full reptend prime to base b (where b is a positive integer greater than 1) if the following equivalent conditions are satisfied:

  1. b is a primitive root modulo p.
  2. The base b expansion of 1/p has repeating block of length p1.
  3. The number (bp11)/p is a cyclic number in base b.

Default of base 10

By default, the term full reptend prime is used for a prime that is a full reptend prime in base 10.

Facts

For a fixed base b, there exists a finite number dependent on b such that whether or not p is a full reptend prime mod b depends only on the congruence class of p modulo that finite number. When b itself is an odd prime, this number is 4b.