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A characterization of Sophie Germain primes

Number Theory 2017-09-27 v3

Abstract

Let n5n\ge 5 be an odd integer. It is shown that {1σ(1),,nσ(n)}\{1^{\sigma(1)},\ldots,n^{\sigma(n)}\} is a complete residue system modulo nn for some permutation σ\sigma of {1,,n}\{1,\ldots,n\} if and only if 12(n1)\frac{1}{2}(n-1) is a Sophie Germain prime. Partial results are obtained also for the case nn even.

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@article{arxiv.1305.0893,
  title  = {A characterization of Sophie Germain primes},
  author = {Paolo Leonetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.0893},
  year   = {2017}
}