repeatingDigits.frink

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// Program to detect maximal length cyclic expansions of the digits
// of 1/n, 2/n, 3/n... (n-1)/n in a given base.
// To find the values of n, the base must be a primitive root modulo n.

base = eval[input["Enter base [10]: ", 10]]
for n = 3 to 1001 step 2
   if isPrime[n] and isPrimitiveRoot[base,n]
      println[n]

// Returns true if base is a primitive root modulo n.   
isPrimitiveRoot[base,n] :=
{
   if modPow[base,n-1,n] != 1
      return false

   for k = 1 to n-2
      if modPow[base,k,n] == 1
         return false

   return true
}


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This is a program written in the programming language Frink.
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