Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/ia/paper-3/5d/a/solution

The order of is the least positive with . Division shows forces . Lagrange theorem follows because left cosets of a subgroup partition into equal blocks; applying it to shows . Coset multiplication makes a group when . If , then . Conversely, if , the order of divides both and , hence is one, so .

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