A group of prime order is cyclic

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A group of prime order is cyclic by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Let have group order equal to a prime number . Choose any . By Lagrange's theorem, the order of a group element divides , and it is greater than one. It is therefore , so the cyclic subgroup generated by is all of . This proves that every nonidentity element generates , and is isomorphic to the additive group of integers modulo .

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