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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 ia Paper 4 8E iii Solution by
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The finite prime-power Teichmuller representative has an explicit description. Let be the unique least nonnegative residue satisfyingRepeated Fermat's little theorem gives . Part (ii) givesso 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 implyHence . 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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