Gotta find that remainder

Find the remainder when 201 8 8012 2018^{8012} is divided by 7.

3 1 5 6 4 2

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Zico Quintina
Jun 14, 2018

Using the facts that 2018 2 ( m o d 7 ) 2018 \equiv 2 \pmod{7} and 2 3 1 ( m o d 7 ) 2^3 \equiv 1 \pmod{7} we see that

201 8 8012 2 8012 ( m o d 7 ) ( 2 3 ) 2670 2 2 ( m o d 7 ) 1 2670 2 2 ( m o d 7 ) 4 ( m o d 7 ) \begin{aligned} 2018^{8012} &\equiv 2^{8012} \pmod{7} \\ \\ &\equiv (2^3)^{2670} \cdot 2^2 \pmod{7} \\ \\ &\equiv 1^{2670} \cdot 2^2 \pmod{7} \\ \\ &\equiv 4 \pmod{7} \end{aligned}

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