A1.9

Number Theory
Part II, 2001

(i) Describe Euclid's algorithm.

Find, in the RSA algorithm, the deciphering key corresponding to the enciphering key 7,527 .

(ii) Explain what is meant by a primitive root modulo an odd prime pp.

Show that, if gg is a primitive root modulo pp, then all primitive roots modulo pp are given by gmg^{m}, where 1m<p1 \leqslant m<p and (m,p1)=1(m, p-1)=1.

Verify, by Euler's criterion, that 3 is a primitive root modulo 17 . Hence find all primitive roots modulo 17 .