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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 ia Paper 4 6D c Solution by
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The greatest common divisor issince and are coprime integers. Part (b) therefore gives distinct th powers in the nonzero multiplicative group of a finite field . If “powers mod ” includes all residue classes, the additional value gives values including zero. The distinction is relevant because part (b) explicitly works in the nonzero group.
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