2018 again? #2

True or False?

There exists a positive integer n > 1 n > 1 such that 201 8 n 2018^n ends in 2018.


Bonus: If the answer is True, what is the smallest such n ? n?

True False It's an unresolved problem

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2018 2 mod 8 201 8 n 2 n mod 8 2018 \equiv 2 \text{ mod 8} \Rightarrow 2018^n \equiv 2^n \text{ mod 8} , but if 201 8 n 2018^n ends at 2018 2018 then 201 8 n 2 mod 8 2018^n \equiv 2 \text{ mod 8} beacuse all the numbers ending at 2018 are congruent with 2 mod 8, and hence, 2 n 2 mod 8 2^n \equiv 2 \text{ mod 8} , and this implies n = 1 n = 1 , so there doesn't exist n > 1 n > 1 such that 201 8 n 2018^n ends at 2018.

Even, there doesn't exist n > 1 n > 1 such that 201 8 n 2018^n ends at 18.

Beautiful :-)

akash patalwanshi - 2 years, 11 months ago

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