Order as the exact period of modular exponentiation

Equality

a^{x} \equiv a^{y} (mod N)

holds exactly when the multiplicative order divides

x - y

, so one period contains no repeated values.

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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / ii / Paper 4 / 10D / b / Solution

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