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(a) If gcd(a, 35) = 1, show that a12 ≡ 1 (mod 35).[Hint: From Fermat’s theorem a6 ≡ 1 (mod...

(a) If gcd(a, 35) = 1, show that a12 ≡ 1 (mod 35).

[Hint: From Fermat’s theorem a6 ≡ 1 (mod 7) and a4 ≡ 1 (mod 5).]


(b) If gcd(a, 42) = 1, show that 168 = 3 · 7 · 8 divides a6 − 1.


(c) If gcd(a, 133) = gcd(b, 133) = 1, show that 133 | a18b18.

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