Finale

Algebra Level 5

Let g ( x ) = n = 0 5 x n \displaystyle g(x) = \sum_{n = 0}^{5}x^{n} . Find the remainder when g ( x 12 ) g(x^{12}) is divided by g ( x ) g(x)

Note: This is a division of polynomial, not of integers.

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The answer is 6.

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4 solutions

Dieuler Oliveira
Aug 16, 2014

Notice that: x 6 1 = ( x 1 ) g ( x ) . x^{6}-1=(x-1)g(x). Therefore g ( x ) g(x) is a factor of x 6 1 x^{6}-1 , so we can write: x 6 1 ( m o d g ( x ) ) . x^{6} \equiv 1 \ (mod \ g(x)). Hence: g ( x 12 ) = n = 0 5 ( x 12 ) n = n = 0 5 ( x 6 ) 2 n n = 0 5 ( 1 ) 2 n ( m o d g ( x ) ) g(x^{12})=\sum_{n=0}^{5}{(x^{12})^{n}} = \sum_{n=0}^{5}{(x^{6})^{2n}} \equiv \sum_{n=0}^{5}{(1)^{2n}} \ (mod \ g(x)) g ( x 12 ) 6 ( m o d g ( x ) ) . \Rightarrow g(x^{12}) \equiv \boxed{6} \ (mod \ g(x)).

Hugh Sir
Aug 15, 2014

g ( x ) = x 5 + x 4 + x 3 + x 2 + x + 1 g(x) = x^{5}+x^{4}+x^{3}+x^{2}+x+1

g ( x 12 ) = x 60 + x 48 + x 36 + x 24 + x 12 + 1 g(x^{12}) = x^{60}+x^{48}+x^{36}+x^{24}+x^{12}+1

g ( x 12 ) = ( x 60 1 ) + ( x 48 1 ) + ( x 36 1 ) + ( x 24 1 ) + ( x 12 1 ) + 6 g(x^{12}) = (x^{60}-1)+(x^{48}-1)+(x^{36}-1)+(x^{24}-1)+(x^{12}-1)+6

Notice that ( x 60 1 ) (x^{60}-1) is divisible by ( x 6 1 ) (x^{6}-1) .

This is also true for ( x 48 1 ) (x^{48}-1) , ( x 36 1 ) (x^{36}-1) , ( x 24 1 ) (x^{24}-1) and ( x 12 1 ) (x^{12}-1) .

Also notice that ( x 6 1 ) (x^{6}-1) is divisible by g ( x ) g(x) .

Hence, the remainder when g ( x 12 ) g(x^{12}) is divided by g ( x ) g(x) is 6 6 .

Ayush Verma
Dec 8, 2014

All solutions are great but this is......

l e t t h e r e m a i n d e r i s B g ( x 12 ) g ( x ) = A + B g ( x ) g ( x 12 ) = A g ( x ) + B a s g ( 1 ) = 0 s o , B = l i m x 1 ( A g ( x ) + B ) = l i m x 1 g ( x 12 ) = g ( 1 ) = 6 let\quad the\quad remainder\quad is\quad B\\ \\ \cfrac { g\left( { x }^{ 12 } \right) }{ g\left( x \right) } =A+\cfrac { B }{ g\left( x \right) } \\ \\ \Rightarrow g\left( { x }^{ 12 } \right) =Ag\left( x \right) +B\\ \\ as\quad g\left( -1 \right) =0\\ \\ so,B={ lim }_{ x\rightarrow -1 }\left( Ag\left( x \right) +B \right) \\ \\ \quad ={ lim }_{ x\rightarrow -1 }g\left( { x }^{ 12 } \right) \\ \\ \quad =g\left( 1 \right) =6

Souryajit Roy
Dec 7, 2014

Let ω = e 2 π i 6 ω=e^{\frac{2πi}{6}} be the sixth root of unity.

The polynomial g ( x ) = 1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + x 5 g(x)=1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4+x^5 has roots ω k ω^{k} where k = 1 , 2 , . . , 5 k=1,2,..,5

Let g ( x 12 ) = p ( x ) g ( x ) + t ( x ) g(x^{12})=p(x)g(x)+t(x) where d e g t ( x ) 4 degt(x)≤4 .

Now, 6 = g ( 1 ) = g ( ω 6 ) = g ( ( ω 6 ) 2 r ) = g ( ( ω r ) 12 ) = p ( ω r ) g ( ω r ) + t ( ω r ) 6=g(1)=g(ω^{6})=g((ω^{6})^{2r})=g((ω^{r})^{12})=p(ω^{r})g(ω^{r})+t(ω^{r}) for r = 1 , . . , 5 r=1,..,5 .

Since, g ( ω r ) = 0 g(ω^{r})=0 for r = 1 , 2 , . . , 5 r=1,2,..,5 , t ( ω r ) 6 = 0 t(ω^{r})-6=0

Hence, t ( x ) 6 = 0 t(x)-6=0 for 5 5 values of x x .But degree of t ( x ) t(x) is at most 4 4

So, t ( x ) = 6 t(x)=6 for all values of x x .Hence, the remainder is 6 6 .

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