Paper 4, Section II, E

Numbers and Sets | Part IA, 2019

(a) State and prove Fermat's theorem. Use it to compute 3803( mod 17)3^{803}(\bmod 17).

(b) The Fibonacci numbers F0,F1,F2,…F_{0}, F_{1}, F_{2}, \ldots are defined by F0=0,F1=1F_{0}=0, F_{1}=1, and Fn=Fn−1+Fn−2F_{n}=F_{n-1}+F_{n-2} for all n⩾2n \geqslant 2. Prove by induction that for all n⩾1n \geqslant 1 we have

F2n=Fn(Fn−1+Fn+1) and F2n+1=Fn2+Fn+12F_{2 n}=F_{n}\left(F_{n-1}+F_{n+1}\right) \quad \text { and } \quad F_{2 n+1}=F_{n}^{2}+F_{n+1}^{2}

(c) Let m⩾1m \geqslant 1 and let pp be an odd prime dividing FmF_{m}. Which of the following statements are true, and which can be false? Justify your answers.

(i) If mm is odd then p≡1( mod 4)p \equiv 1(\bmod 4).

(ii) If mm is even then p≡3( mod 4)p \equiv 3(\bmod 4).

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