Two-cycle count conjectures for the discrete logarithm map

Let pp be prime. Write TgA,hB(p)T_{g\,A,h\,B}(p) for the number of two-cycles with the indicated restrictions on gg and hh, and ChA,aB(p)C_{h\,A,a\,B}(p) for the corresponding count in the auxiliary formulation; the symbols ANY\mathsf{ANY}, PR\mathsf{PR}, RP\mathsf{RP}, RPPR\mathsf{RPPR}, ORDh\mathsf{ORD}\,h, and \bullet have the meanings fixed earlier in the paper. Let ϕ\phi be Euler's totient function.

Two-cycle counting conjectures.

TgANY,hRP(p)=ChRP,aANY(p)2ϕ(p1),T_{g\,\mathsf{ANY},h\,\mathsf{RP}}(p)=C_{h\,\mathsf{RP},a\,\mathsf{ANY}}(p)\approx 2\phi(p-1), ThRP,gORDh(p)=ChRP,aRP(p)ϕ(p1)+ϕ(p1)2p1,T_{h\,\mathsf{RP},g\,\mathsf{ORD}\,h}(p)=C_{h\,\mathsf{RP},a\,\mathsf{RP}}(p)\approx \phi(p-1)+\frac{\phi(p-1)^2}{p-1}, TgPR,hRP(p)=ChRP,aPR(p)2ϕ(p1)2p1,T_{g\,\mathsf{PR},h\,\mathsf{RP}}(p)=C_{h\,\mathsf{RP},a\,\mathsf{PR}}(p)\approx \frac{2\phi(p-1)^2}{p-1}, TgPR,hRPPR(p)=TgANY,hRPPR(p)=ChRPPR,a(p)=Ch,aRPPR(p)ϕ(p1)2p1+ϕ(p1)3(p1)2,T_{g\,\mathsf{PR},h\,\mathsf{RPPR}}(p)=T_{g\,\mathsf{ANY},h\,\mathsf{RPPR}}(p)=C_{h\,\mathsf{RPPR},a\,\bullet}(p)=C_{h\,\bullet,a\,\mathsf{RPPR}}(p)\approx \frac{\phi(p-1)^2}{p-1}+\frac{\phi(p-1)^3}{(p-1)^2}, ThANY,gORDh(p)=ChANY,aRP(p)2ϕ(p1),T_{h\,\mathsf{ANY},g\,\mathsf{ORD}\,h}(p)=C_{h\,\mathsf{ANY},a\,\mathsf{RP}}(p)\approx 2\phi(p-1), TgPR,hPR(p)=TgANY,hPR(p)=ChPR,aRP(p)2ϕ(p1)2p1.T_{g\,\mathsf{PR},h\,\mathsf{PR}}(p)=T_{g\,\mathsf{ANY},h\,\mathsf{PR}}(p)=C_{h\,\mathsf{PR},a\,\mathsf{RP}}(p)\approx \frac{2\phi(p-1)^2}{p-1}.

The equalities in the first, fifth, third, and sixth relations are noted in the source to be exact by symmetry. The asymptotic predictions arise from a random-map heuristic and are not proved in the supplied text.

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Joshua Holden and Pieter Moree, “Some Heuristics and Results for Small Cycles of the Discrete Logarithm”, arXiv:math/0401013 (2004).

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