Exercise 9.1.11

Prove that n = d n ϕ ( d ) .

Answers

Proof. Let G a fixed cyclic group of order n , by example G = 𝕌 n . If A d is the set of elements of order d in G , then G is the disjoint union of the A n , so | G | = d = 0 n | A d | .

By the proof of Exercise 10, | A d | = ϕ ( d ) if d n , and | A d | = 0 if d n , so

n = d n ϕ ( d ) .

Note: as an alternative proof, we can take the degrees in the formula x n 1 = d n Φ d ( n ) . □

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2022-07-19 00:00
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