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Q47Section II (Mathematics)47 of 190

The unit group of Fp\mathbf F_p is simple exactly when p−1p-1 is prime

Let p be a prime number and Fp\mathbf F_p be a finite field with p elements. Then the unit group Fp×=Fp∖{0}\mathbf F_p^\times=\mathbf F_p\setminus\{0\} of Fp\mathbf F_p is simple if and only if:

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