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Exercise 9.6
Prove that
- (a)
- for .
- (b)
- for .
- (c)
- for .
Answers
Proof. Here is a primary prime, and .
As , these 9 cases are the only possibilities. Moreover these 9 cases are mutually exclusive, since doesn’t divide any difference. Thus the reciprocals are true.
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