I am writing another exam in Algebra this week and this time the main topic is automorphism. I was again going through the example exercises and exams from previous years and this problem is giving me a hard time to understand:
Prove that for group of automorphisms Aut(Zn) holds Aut(Zn)≃Z∗n where Z∗n={1≤k≤q|gcd.
My main issue with this problem is that it seems very "general" and I don't really know how to address it with any of the techniques we have used.
Could you please show me some ways this could be approached? I appreciate your help.
Answer
Observe that a homomorphism is determined by the image of \overline{1}.
Now consider which restrictions you get from the fact that the homomorphism is injective.
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