Let g ( x ) = n = 0 ∑ 5 x n . Find the remainder when g ( x 1 2 ) is divided by g ( x )
Note: This is a division of polynomial, not of integers.
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g ( x ) = x 5 + x 4 + x 3 + x 2 + x + 1
g ( x 1 2 ) = x 6 0 + x 4 8 + x 3 6 + x 2 4 + x 1 2 + 1
g ( x 1 2 ) = ( x 6 0 − 1 ) + ( x 4 8 − 1 ) + ( x 3 6 − 1 ) + ( x 2 4 − 1 ) + ( x 1 2 − 1 ) + 6
Notice that ( x 6 0 − 1 ) is divisible by ( x 6 − 1 ) .
This is also true for ( x 4 8 − 1 ) , ( x 3 6 − 1 ) , ( x 2 4 − 1 ) and ( x 1 2 − 1 ) .
Also notice that ( x 6 − 1 ) is divisible by g ( x ) .
Hence, the remainder when g ( x 1 2 ) is divided by g ( x ) is 6 .
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l e t t h e r e m a i n d e r i s B g ( x ) g ( x 1 2 ) = A + g ( x ) B ⇒ g ( x 1 2 ) = 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 1 2 ) = g ( 1 ) = 6
Let ω = e 6 2 π i be the sixth root of unity.
The polynomial g ( x ) = 1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + x 5 has roots ω k where k = 1 , 2 , . . , 5
Let g ( x 1 2 ) = p ( x ) g ( x ) + t ( x ) where d e g t ( x ) ≤ 4 .
Now, 6 = g ( 1 ) = g ( ω 6 ) = g ( ( ω 6 ) 2 r ) = g ( ( ω r ) 1 2 ) = p ( ω r ) g ( ω r ) + t ( ω r ) for r = 1 , . . , 5 .
Since, g ( ω r ) = 0 for r = 1 , 2 , . . , 5 , t ( ω r ) − 6 = 0
Hence, t ( x ) − 6 = 0 for 5 values of x .But degree of t ( x ) is at most 4
So, t ( x ) = 6 for all values of x .Hence, the remainder is 6 .
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Notice that: x 6 − 1 = ( x − 1 ) g ( x ) . Therefore g ( x ) is a factor of x 6 − 1 , so we can write: x 6 ≡ 1 ( m o d g ( x ) ) . Hence: g ( x 1 2 ) = n = 0 ∑ 5 ( x 1 2 ) n = n = 0 ∑ 5 ( x 6 ) 2 n ≡ n = 0 ∑ 5 ( 1 ) 2 n ( m o d g ( x ) ) ⇒ g ( x 1 2 ) ≡ 6 ( m o d g ( x ) ) .