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10 CHAPTER 1. INTEGERS<br />

46. Find the multiplicative orders of the following elements.<br />

(a) [5] and [7] in Z × 16<br />

†(b) [5] and [7] in Z × 17<br />

(c) [5] and [7] in Z × 18<br />

47. Find the multiplicative order of each element of the following sets.<br />

(a) Z × 8<br />

†(b) Z × 10<br />

(c) Z × 11<br />

48.†Is Z × 14 cyclic?<br />

49.†Is Z × 16 cyclic?<br />

50.†Is Z × 18 cyclic?<br />

51. Find all idempotent elements in the following sets.<br />

†(a) Z14<br />

(b) Z16<br />

52. Find all nilpotent elements in the following sets.<br />

(a) Z14<br />

(b) Z16<br />

53.†Find {n ∈ Z + | ϕ(n) = 2} and {n ∈ Z + | ϕ(n) = 4}.<br />

54. Prove that if m, n are positive integers with m | n, then ϕ(m) | ϕ(n).<br />

55. Show that n = 7, 9, 14, 18 are the only positive integers n such that ϕ(n) = 6.<br />

56. Use Fermat’s “little” theorem (Corollary 1.4.12) to prove that n 5 − n is divisible by<br />

30, <strong>for</strong> all integers n.<br />

Chapter 1 Review Problems<br />

1. Prove that if a, b, c are integers <strong>for</strong> which b | a and b | (a − c), then b | c.<br />

2. Find gcd(7605, 5733), and express it as a linear combination of 7605 and 5733.<br />

3. Find the prime factorizations of 1275 and 495 and use them to find gcd(1275, 495).<br />

4. Find ϕ(1275) and ϕ(495).

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