True or false :
Because is not a prime number , we can't apply Fermat's little theorem (FLT) to the following congruence:
Because we can't apply FLT, the congruence above is incorrect.
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We can apply fermat's little theorem to each of the prime divisors:- So we have 2 6 ≡ 1 m o d 7
2 1 2 ≡ 1 m o d 1 3
2 1 8 ≡ 1 m o d 1 9
Thankfully we have 1 7 2 8 is divisible by all 6 , 1 2 and 1 8 .
So we have 2 1 7 2 8 ≡ 1 m o d 7
2 1 7 2 8 ≡ 1 m o d 1 3
2 1 7 2 8 ≡ 1 m o d 1 9
So using Chinese Remainder Theorem :-
we have :-
2 1 7 2 8 ≡ 1 m o d 1 7 2 9
Note that You can also use Euler's division algorithm to easily see why the three simultaneous congruence relations give the answer as 1 mod 1729