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---
id: 5900f5311000cf542c510042
title: 'Problem 451: Modular inverses'
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 302124
dashedName: problem-451-modular-inverses
---
# --description--
Consider the number 15.
There are eight positive numbers less than 15 which are coprime to 15: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14.
The modular inverses of these numbers modulo 15 are: 1, 8, 4, 13, 2, 11, 7, 14
because
1\*1 mod 15=1
2\*8=16 mod 15=1
4\*4=16 mod 15=1
7\*13=91 mod 15=1
11\*11=121 mod 15=1
14\*14=196 mod 15=1
Let I(n) be the largest positive number m smaller than n-1 such that the modular inverse of m modulo n equals m itself. So I(15)=11. Also I(100)=51 and I(7)=1.
Find ∑I(n) for 3≤n≤2·107
# --hints--
`euler451()` should return 153651073760956.
```js
assert.strictEqual(euler451(), 153651073760956);
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```js
function euler451() {
return true;
}
euler451();
```
# --solutions--
```js
// solution required
```