On the Zeros of Fermat Quotients and Mirimanoff Polynomials
Abstract
In this article an upper bound for the first consecutive zeros of the Fermat quotient is given in terms of the zeros of a Mirimanoff polynomial. This bound is obtained by investigating a relation between these polynomials and the factor system of Gauss sums of a certain number field.
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