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Number theory Difficulty 6.7 National olympiad Prove it

16. Let a1a^{-1} be the inverse of aa modulo mm. Prove:
(i) anc(modm)a n \equiv c(\bmod m) holds if and only if na1c(modm)n \equiv a^{-1} c(\bmod m).
(ii) a1b1a^{-1} b^{-1} is the inverse of aba b modulo mm, i.e., (ab)1a1b1(modm)(a b)^{-1} \equiv a^{-1} b^{-1}(\bmod m). In particular, for any positive integer k,(ak)1(a1)k(modm)k,\left(a^{k}\right)^{-1} \equiv\left(a^{-1}\right)^{k}(\bmod m).

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