Re: FLTMA: A little group theory


Chip Eastham wrote:
The Dougster wrote:

Ah. The order of -1 is 2. | < -1 > | = 2. < -1 > = { -1, 1 }.

How do we know that if w^n == -1 mod z that
| < -1 > | divides | < w > | ?

Since <-1> is a subgroup of <w>, order of -1 (two) divides
the order of w.

Yipee! We're starting to use group theory to explore FLT!

Doug

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