Solution

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The finite prime-power Teichmuller representative has an explicit description. Let be the unique least nonnegative residue satisfying
Repeated Fermat's little theorem gives . Part (ii) gives
so this residue has both required properties.
For uniqueness, suppose also has them. From , raising congruences to the th power repeatedly gives for every . Meanwhile and the lifting result with imply
Hence . Both lie between zero and , so . Thus existence and uniqueness hold for every residue class, including zero, without needing a general Hensel lemma.

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