Galois Homework: Proving Prime p^2 Roots of Unity Structure

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In summary, the task is to prove that if p is a prime, then the group (\mathbb{Z}/p^2)^x is isomorphic to C_p \times C_{p-1} \cong C_{p(p-1)}, where C_n represents the cyclic group of order n. The Galois structure of the field of p^2 roots of unity for the cases p=5 and p=7 is to be described, with the question of how many intermediate fields are present in these cases. The proposed solution involves considering a homomorphism from \mathbb{Z}/p^2 to \mathbb{Z}/p and using proof by induction to show that (\mathbb{Z}/p
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Prove that if p is a prime then [tex](\mathbb{Z}/p^2)^x \cong C_p[/tex] [tex]\times[/tex] [tex]C_{p-1} \cong C_{p(p-1)}[/tex] where [tex]C_n[/tex] denotes the cyclic group of order n.
Next part is to describe the Galois structure of the field of [tex]p^2[/tex] roots of unity, p is prime for the cases of a. p=5, b. p=7. How many intermediate fields are there in these cases?

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My idea was to consider a homomorphism [tex]\mathbb{Z}/p^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/p [/tex] and observe that [tex](\mathbb{Z}/p)^\times[/tex] is a cyclic group of order p-1. Then maybe use proof by induction that if p is an odd prime then [tex](\mathbb{Z}/p^n)^\times[/tex] is cyclic for all n.
 
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Then by the isomorphism theorem, there would be an isomorphism between (\mathbb{Z}/p^2)^x and C_p \times C_{p-1} \cong C_{p(p-1)}. Is this correct? For the second part, I'm not sure how to approach it.
 

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