Reduce the polynomial modulo , obtaining a nonzero degree- polynomial over the field . If is a root, polynomial division gives . Any different root is a root of , because is invertible. Induction on degree therefore proves there are at most distinct roots modulo .
Every nonzero residue is a root of by Fermat's little theorem. The difference between this monic polynomial and the product over all its nonzero roots has degree at most , yet has roots. The root bound forces it to vanish identically over . Thus all coefficients of the corresponding integer polynomial are divisible by .
For the requested failure modulo , take : , and is not divisible by seven. Hence the prime-square strengthening fails, even though some special primes do satisfy it.

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