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where b is the number base (10 for decimal), and p is a prime that does not divide b. (Primes p that give cyclic numbers in base b are called full reptend primes or long primes in base b). For example, the case b = 10, p = 7 gives the cyclic number 142857, and the case b = 12, p = 5 gives the cyclic number 2497.
A cyclic number [1] [2] is a natural number n such that n and φ(n) are coprime. Here φ is Euler's totient function. An equivalent definition is that a number n is cyclic if and only if any group of order n is cyclic. [3] Any prime number is clearly cyclic. All cyclic numbers are square-free. [4] Let n = p 1 p 2 …
A full reptend prime, full repetend prime, proper prime [7]: 166 or long prime in base b is an odd prime number p such that the Fermat quotient = (where p does not divide b) gives a cyclic number with p − 1 digits.
The cyclic number corresponding to prime p will possess p − 1 digits if and only if p is a full reptend prime. That is, the multiplicative order ord p b = p − 1, which is equivalent to b being a primitive root modulo p. The term "long prime" was used by John Conway and Richard Guy in their Book of Numbers.
If p is a prime number, then any group with p elements is isomorphic to the simple group Z/pZ. A number n is called a cyclic number if Z/nZ is the only group of order n, which is true exactly when gcd(n, φ(n)) = 1. [13] The sequence of cyclic numbers include all primes, but some are composite such as 15. However, all cyclic numbers are odd ...
Has the same number of elements of every order as the Pauli group. Nilpotent. 32 G 16 4: Z 4 ⋊ Z 4: Z 2 2 × Z 2 (3), Z 4 (6), Z 2 2, Z 2 (3) The squares of elements do not form a subgroup. Has the same number of elements of every order as Q 8 × Z 2. Nilpotent. 34 G 16 6: Z 8 ⋊ Z 2: Z 8 (2), Z 2 2 × Z 2, Z 4 (2), Z 2 2, Z 2 (3)
The following table is a complete list of the 18 families of finite simple groups and the 26 sporadic simple groups, along with their orders. Any non-simple members of each family are listed, as well as any members duplicated within a family or between families.
Every prime power (except powers of 2 greater than 4) has a primitive root; thus the multiplicative group of integers modulo p n (that is, the group of units of the ring Z/p n Z) is cyclic. [1] The number of elements of a finite field is always a prime power and conversely, every prime power occurs as the number of elements in some finite field ...