Tuesday, 12 May 2015

number theory - Modular exponentitation (Finding the remainder)



I want to find the remainder of 8119 divided by 20 and as for as i do is follows:



82=644(mod20)8416(mod20)8816(mod20)81616(mod20)



from this i see the pattern as follows 842n1is always16(mod20)n1



So,
864.832.816.8716.87(mod20)16.84.83(mod20)16.83(mod20)




And i'm stuck. Actually i've checked in to calculator and i got the answer that the remainder is 12. But i'm not satisfied cz i have to calculate 16.83
Is there any other way to solve this without calculator. I mean consider my condisition if i'm not allowed to use calculator.



Thanks and i will appreciate the answer.


Answer



You are almost there. You can reduce anything modulo 20 so:



16×8316×82×816×4×864×84×812




You could also have used 164 if it had helped - sometimes negative numbers make life easier, but it was not necessary here.


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