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(3) Let m be a positive integer. (a) Prove that Z/mZ is a commutative ring. (b)...

(3) Let m be a positive integer. (a) Prove that Z/mZ is a commutative ring. (b) Prove that if m is composite, then Z/mZ is not a field.

(4) Let m be an odd positive integer. Prove that every integer is congruent modulo m to exactly one element in the set of even integers {0, 2, 4, 6, , . . . , 2m− 2}

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