Editing Primitive element

In mathematics, the term '''primitive element''' can mean:
* [[Primitive root modulo n|Primitive root modulo ''n'']], in number theory
* [[Primitive element (field theory)]], an element that generates a given field extension
* [[Primitive element (finite field)]], an element that generates the multiplicative group of a finite field
* [[Primitive element (lattice)]], an element in a lattice that is not a positive integer multiple of another element in the lattice
* [[Primitive element (coalgebra)]], an element ''X'' on which the comultiplication Δ has the value Δ(''X'') = ''X''⊗1 + 1⊗''X''
* [[Primitive element (free group)]], an element of a free generating set
* [[Primitive element (Lie algebra)]], a Borel-weight vector

==See also==
* [[Primitive element theorem]]
* [[Primitive root (disambiguation)]]
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