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2004 South africa National Olympiad
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2004 South africa National Olympiad
Problems
(1)
How many square roots of 1 mod n?
Source: South African MO 2004 Q5
5/27/2012
For
n
≥
2
n\ge 2
n
≥
2
, find the number of integers
x
x
x
with
0
≤
x
<
n
0\le x<n
0
≤
x
<
n
, such that
x
2
x^2
x
2
leaves a remainder of
1
1
1
when divided by
n
n
n
.
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