There are at least two statements which go by the name of Artin's conjecture.
If
is any complex finite-dimensional representation of the absolute Galois
group of a number field, then Artin showed how
to associate an
-series
with it. These
-series directly generalize zeta functions and Dirichlet
-series, and as a result of work by Richard
Brauer,
is known to extend to a meromorphic function
on the complex plane. Artin's conjecture predicts
that it is in fact holomorphic, i.e., has
no poles, with the possible exception of a pole at
(Artin 1923/1924). Compare with the generalized
Riemann hypothesis, which deals with the locations of the zeros of certain
-series.
The second conjecture states that every integer not equal to
or a square number is a primitive root modulo
for infinitely many
and proposes a density for the set of such
which are always rational multiples of a constant known as
Artin's constant. There is an analogous theorem
for functions instead of numbers which has been proved by Billharz (Shanks 1993,
p. 147).