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Past exam of the options I course of the University of Oxford
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C1
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Past exam of the options I course of the University of Oxford
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C
C1
iv
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Because the primes are distinct,
Fermat's little theorem
gives
q
p
−
1
≡
1
(
mod
p
)
and
p
q
−
1
≡
1
(
mod
q
)
. The other term in each
modulus
vanishes. Therefore
p
q
−
1
+
q
p
−
1
−
1
≡
0
(
mod
p
)
,
p
q
−
1
+
q
p
−
1
−
1
≡
0
(
mod
q
)
.
(1)
The distinct primes are
coprime
, so their product divides this
integer
. Hence
p
q
−
1
+
q
p
−
1
≡
1
(
mod
pq
)
.
(2)
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