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find the value of f(p)

Source: China TST 1993, problem 1

June 27, 2005
modular arithmeticnumber theory unsolvednumber theory

Problem Statement

For all primes p3,p \geq 3, define F(p)=k=1p12k120F(p) = \sum^{\frac{p-1}{2}}_{k=1}k^{120} and f(p)=12{F(p)p}f(p) = \frac{1}{2} - \left\{ \frac{F(p)}{p} \right\}, where {x}=x[x],\{x\} = x - [x], find the value of f(p).f(p).