Bourbaki

Exercise 10, § 2

Functions of a Real Variable, VI, p. 25

With the notations of Exercise 9, now prove that the numbers mnan=mn(mn−1)bn/nm^n a_n = m^n(m^n - 1) b_n/n are integers (write Fm(z)F_m(z) as a quotient of two polynomials in eze^z). Deduce that (for nn pair ≥2\geq 2) the denominator δn\delta_n of bn/nb_n/n written in the form of an irreducible fraction is such that, for every integer mm prime to nn, one has mn≡1(modδn)m^n \equiv 1 \pmod{\delta_n}. Moreover, if an integer dd is such that mn≡1(modd)m^n \equiv 1 \pmod{d} for every integer mm prime to nn, dd divides δn\delta_n (use the theorem of Clausen-von Staudt and the structure of the multiplicative group of Z/dZ\mathbf{Z}/d\mathbf{Z} (A, VII, § 2, n° 4)).

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