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proof of Euler-Fermat theorem
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(Proof)
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Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_{\phi (n)}$ be all positive integers less than $n$ which are coprime to $n$ . Since ${gcd}(a,n)=1$ , then the set $aa_1, aa_2,\ldots ,aa_{\phi (n)}$ are each congruent to one of the integers $a_1, a_2, \ldots ,a_{\phi (n)}$ in some order. Taking the product of these congruences, we get$$ (aa_1)(aa_2) \cdots (aa_{\phi (n)}) \equiv a_1 a_2 \cdots a_{\phi (n)} \pmod{n}$$ hence$$ a^{\phi (n)}(a_1 a_2 \cdots a_{\phi (n)}) \equiv a_1 a_2 \cdots a_{\phi (n)} \pmod{n}.$$
Since ${gcd}(a_1a_2\cdots a_{\phi (n)},n) = 1$ , we can divide both sides by $a_1a_2\cdots a_{\phi (n)}$ , and the desired result follows.
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This is version 5 of proof of Euler-Fermat theorem, born on 2001-10-18, modified 2003-07-26.
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| AMS MSC: | 11A07 (Number theory :: Elementary number theory :: Congruences; primitive roots; residue systems) |
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