Paper 4, Section II, E
State Fermat's Theorem and Wilson's Theorem.
Let be a prime.
(a) Show that if then the equation has no solution.
(b) By considering !, or otherwise, show that if then the equation does have a solution.
(c) Show that if then the equation has no solution other than .
(d) Using the fact that , find a solution of that is not .
[Hint: how are the complex numbers and related?]
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