Cyclic number (group theory)


A cyclic number is a natural number n such that n and φ are coprime. Here φ is Euler's totient function. An equivalent definition is that a number n is cyclic if and only if any group of order n is cyclic.
Any prime number is clearly cyclic. All cyclic numbers are square-free.
Let n = p1 p2pk where the pi are distinct primes, then φ =.... If no pi divides any, then n and φ have no common divisor, and n is cyclic.
The first cyclic numbers are 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47, 51, 53, 59, 61, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 95, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 115, 119, 123, 127, 131, 133, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 149,....