That's a superb explanation. I just plugged all that into a spreadsheet to get this: http://pastebin.com/z32SB1Z4 http://pastebin.com/z32SB1Z4 I can see that e

That's a superb explanation. I just plugged all that into a spreadsheet to get this: http://pastebin.com/z32SB1Z4 http://pastebin.com/z32SB1Z4 I can see that e*d mod phi = 1 when d = 29, 101, 173 etc. I understood the rest of the article except this part so thanks a lot for it!