My friend said that for any n=pa, where p is odd prime, a is positive integer then: If k is divisible by p−1 then 1k+2k+⋯+nk≡−pa−1(modpa). I am very sure that his result is wrong. My though is simple: I use primitive root of pa. But I fail to construct a counterexample for him. So my question is that: Could we construct an example of k so that p−1∣k and 1k+2k+⋯+nk≢−pa−1(modpa).
The second question is that: Does the following holds: 1k+2k+⋯+nk≢−pa−1(modpa) if and only if p−1∣k?
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