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Let the sum of the possible remainders when the square of a prime number is divided by 6 be m. Then find the remainder when- 10000 1 100001 i s d i v i d e d b y m 100001^{100001}\:\:\:is\:\:divided\:\:by\:\:\:m


The answer is 1.

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1 solution

Jaiveer Shekhawat
Oct 28, 2014

Every prime can be expressed as

6k±1 except for 2 and 3.

Thus,

6k±1 ± 1 ( m o d 6 ) \equiv\ ±1 (mod 6 )

( 6 k ± 1 ) 2 (6k±1)^{2} 1 ( m o d 6 ) \equiv\ 1 (mod 6 )

Now, we are left with 2 and 3,

2 2 2^{2} 4 ( m o d 6 ) \equiv\ 4 (mod 6 )

3 2 3^{2} 3 ( m o d 6 ) \equiv\ 3 (mod 6 )

Thus,

S r S_{r} = m =1+4+3= 8 \boxed{8}

we know that 1000(n) is always divisible by 8 for any value of n as an integer..

1000(100)+1 1 ( m o d 8 ) \equiv\ 1 (mod 8 )

( 100001 ) 100001 (100001)^{100001} 1 ( m o d 8 ) \equiv\ 1 (mod 8 )

Thus,

we get the answer 1 \huge{1}

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