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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ia Paper 4 5E a Solution by
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Fermat's little theorem states that for a prime and integer ,if , equivalently . For the latter form, multiplication by permutes the nonzero residue classes modulo . Multiplying the congruences and cancelling gives . The first form also covers .
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