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Published Online: Dec 11, 2014
Page range: 7 - 14
Received: Jan 13, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aupcsm-2014-0001
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© by Jan Górowski
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In this paper a remarkable simple proof of the Gauss’s generalization of the Wilson’s theorem is given. The proof is based on properties of a subgroup generated by element of order 2 of a finite abelian group. Some conditions equivalent to the cyclicity of (Φ(n), ·n), where n > 2 is an integer are presented, in particular, a condition for the existence of the unique element of order 2 in such a group.