@article{2b039d564fc244a49c939e7e1b3d1757,
title = "A proof of the conjecture of Cohen and Mullen on sums of primitive roots",
abstract = "We prove that for all q > 61, every non-zero element in the finite field Fq can be written as a linear combination of two primitive roots of Fq. This resolves a conjecture posed by Cohen and Mullen.",
keywords = "Finite fields, Primitive roots",
author = "Cohen, {Stephen D.} and Silva, {Tom{\'a}s Oliveira E.} and Tim Trudgian",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 American Mathematical Society.",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1090/mcom/2950",
language = "English",
volume = "84",
pages = "2979--2986",
journal = "Mathematics of Computation",
issn = "0025-5718",
publisher = "American Mathematical Society",
number = "296",
}