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arxiv: 1305.0893 · v3 · pith:PJJRKMLNnew · submitted 2013-05-04 · 🧮 math.NT

A characterization of Sophie Germain primes

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

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