What are the last 3 digits of the smallest number strictly greater than 1 which is a perfect N t h power for all integers 1 ≤ N ≤ 1 0 ?
This problem is posed by Raziman T .
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Very nice solution and explanation!
WoW! Isolved the same way! :)
This is simple. For an N th power, it's power must be atleast l c m ( 1 , 2 , . . . , 1 0 ) = 2 5 2 0 . So smallest such number is 2 2 5 2 0 . We use modulo congruences to evaluate 2 2 5 2 0 ≡ 5 7 6 ( m o d 1 0 0 0 ) . (I'm omitting this as it was tedious calculation)
Let us call this smallest number n. To be a perfect Nth power. n = m N N Where m is an integer which will depend on the power N and N is an integer between 1 and 10. This means n must have all Nth roots i.e. n N 1 must be an integer for all N. So the smallest n will have a power that is divisible by all N. The smallest power we can gather that is divisible by all N is 2 5 2 0 = 2 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 7 Now the base will have to be the smallest integer greater than 1 which is 2. So smallest n is 2 2 5 2 0 The last three digits of which are 576.
Let r be Raziman's number. The smallest perfect Nth power greater than 1 is 2 N , as 1 N < 2 N < 3 N . If r is a perfect power, it is in the form of 2 k . Also, k must divide all of 1 ≤ N ≤ 1 0 and be as small as possible, i.e., k = lcm ( 1 , 2 , 3 , … , 1 0 ) = 2 3 3 2 ( 5 ) ( 7 ) = 2 5 2 0 . From here, I used exponentiation by squaring to get the last 3 digits of 2 2 5 2 0 ≡ 5 7 6 ( m o d 1 0 0 0 ) .
From here, I used exponentiation
What's that? Modulo congruence?
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If an integer is a perfect N -th power for 1 ≤ N ≤ 1 0 , then it must be a perfect lcm { 1 , 2 , … , 1 0 } = 2 3 ⋅ 3 2 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 7 = 2 5 2 0 -th power.
The smallest such integer greater than 1 = 1 2 5 2 0 is 2 2 5 2 0 .
Clearly, 2 2 5 2 0 ≡ 0 ( m o d 8 ) . Since ϕ ( 1 2 5 ) = 1 0 0 , we have 2 2 5 2 0 ≡ 2 2 0 ≡ ( 2 1 0 ) 2 ≡ ( 1 0 2 4 ) 2 ≡ 2 4 2 ≡ 5 7 6 ≡ 7 6 ( m o d 1 2 5 ) .
Since 2 2 5 3 0 ≡ 0 ( m o d 8 ) and 2 2 5 3 0 ≡ 7 6 ( m o d 1 2 5 ) , by the Chinese Remainder Theorem, 2 2 5 2 0 ≡ 5 7 6 ( m o d 1 0 0 0 ) .
Therefore, the last 3 digits of 2 2 5 2 0 are 5 7 6 .