Conjecture on seven consecutive primitive elements in finite fields

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Let qq be a prime power and let Fq\mathbb{F}_q denote the finite field with qq elements. Consecutive primitive elements are consecutive field elements that are all generators of Fq×\mathbb{F}_q^\times. Seven-consecutive-elements conjecture. The finite field Fq\mathbb{F}_q has 77 consecutive primitive elements when qq is not divisible by 22, by 33, or by 55, and when q>1037401q>1037401.

The claim is part of the paper's computationally motivated list concerning longer strings of consecutive primitive elements, and no proof or disproof is supplied in the given text.

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Stephen D. Cohen, Tomás Oliveira e Silva and Tim Trudgian, “On consecutive primitive elements in a finite field”, arXiv:1410.6210 (2014).

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