Tuesday 5 November 2019

elementary number theory - Find all primes that satisfy the congruency $100^p equiv 1 mod p$



Find all primes that satisfy congruency $100^p\equiv1\mod p$




I've tried reducing it to the fact that $100^p=(10^p)^2$ so then $10^p \equiv 1 \mod p$ or $-1 \mod p$.



I've also attempted writing this as $100^p-np=1$, so that leads me to $\gcd(100^p,n)=1$ but I don't see where to go from here.



Would appreciate some help with this! I only know a little bit about number theory so preferably an answer using more basic stuff (Like Fermat's little theorem, linear diophantine equations, gcd's)



Edit after reading comments: Following from Fermat's little theorem, since we know $100^p\equiv100\mod p$ for all prime p, but $100^p\equiv1\mod p$ only if $100-np=1$ so $np=99$ so $p=11,3$ are the only solutions? Is this correct?


Answer




You are correct that $3$ and $11$ are the only solutions.



If $p$ is prime then $100^p\equiv 100\pmod p$ by Fermat's little theorem. So $100^p\equiv1\pmod p$ would mean $100\equiv1\pmod p$, i.e., $p$ divides $100-1=99$. The prime factorization of $99$ is $3^2\times11$; i.e., the prime factors of $99$ are $3$ and $11$. So if $100^p\equiv1\pmod p$ then $p\in${$3,11$}.


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