(New page: Chapter 13, Problem 5. Show that every nonzero element of Zn is a unit or a zero-divisor. Answer: Suppose that a is in Zn. If gcd(a, n) = 1, then we know that a is a unit. Suppose that ...) |
(No difference)
|
Revision as of 05:47, 22 October 2008
Chapter 13, Problem 5. Show that every nonzero element of Zn is a unit or a zero-divisor.
Answer: Suppose that a is in Zn. If gcd(a, n) = 1, then we know that a is a unit. Suppose that gcd(a, n) = d > 1. Then a(n/d)= (a/d)n = 0, so a is a zero-divisor.
-Neely Misner
