Let F be a finite field of p n elements containing the prime subfield Z p .

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Let F be a finite field of pn elements containing the prime subfield Zp. Show that if α ∈ F is a generator of the cyclic group (F*, ·) of nonzero elements of F, then deg(α, Zp) = n.

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