If the right-most digit of any prime number is represented in a base such that
What is the minimum value of ?
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The minimum value of D is 1 because of the following:
If P could be represented in base B with D = 0 , then this implies that P is divisible by B because if P is represented in base B as A C F E D → A C F E 0 then B A C F E 0 = A C F E
Therefore
D = 0 implies that P is divisible by a number other then 1 and itself, which contradicts the definition of a prime number
Therefore
The minimum value of D is 1
I apologize for my lack of skill with LaTeX by the way haha