Exercise · ZW-EULER-S-THEOREM-002 · ★☆☆ Basic
Compute \(\varphi(12)\).
Choose one option.
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- A. 4
Explanation
The integers from 1 to 12 coprime to 12 are 1, 5, 7 and 11, so \(\varphi(12)=4\). The option giving 6 counts some multiples of 2 or 3 as coprime.
Review the concept: Euler's theorem
Euler's theorem states that if \(a\) and \(n\) are coprime, then \(a^{\varphi(n)} \equiv 1 \pmod{n}\), generalizing Fermat's little theorem to composite moduli.
\[a^{\varphi(n)} \equiv 1 \pmod{n}, \quad \gcd(a,n)=1\]
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