Raziman's number

What are the last 3 digits of the smallest number strictly greater than 1 which is a perfect N t h N^\mathrm{th} power for all integers 1 N 10 1\le N\le10 ?

This problem is posed by Raziman T .


The answer is 576.

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4 solutions

Jimmy Kariznov
Sep 1, 2013

If an integer is a perfect N N -th power for 1 N 10 1 \le N \le 10 , then it must be a perfect lcm { 1 , 2 , , 10 } = 2 3 3 2 5 7 = 2520 \text{lcm}\{1,2,\ldots,10\} = 2^3 \cdot 3^2 \cdot 5 \cdot 7 = 2520 -th power.

The smallest such integer greater than 1 = 1 2520 1 = 1^{2520} is 2 2520 2^{2520} .

Clearly, 2 2520 0 ( m o d 8 ) 2^{2520} \equiv 0\pmod{8} . Since ϕ ( 125 ) = 100 \phi(125) = 100 , we have 2 2520 2 20 ( 2 10 ) 2 ( 1024 ) 2 2 4 2 576 76 ( m o d 125 ) 2^{2520} \equiv 2^{20} \equiv (2^{10})^2 \equiv (1024)^2 \equiv 24^2 \equiv 576 \equiv 76 \pmod{125} .

Since 2 2530 0 ( m o d 8 ) 2^{2530} \equiv 0 \pmod{8} and 2 2530 76 ( m o d 125 ) 2^{2530} \equiv 76 \pmod{125} , by the Chinese Remainder Theorem, 2 2520 576 ( m o d 1000 ) 2^{2520} \equiv 576 \pmod{1000} .

Therefore, the last 3 3 digits of 2 2520 2^{2520} are 576 \boxed{576} .

Moderator note:

Very nice solution and explanation!

WoW! Isolved the same way! :)

Sanjana Nedunchezian - 6 years, 9 months ago

This is simple. For an N N th power, it's power must be atleast l c m ( 1 , 2 , . . . , 10 ) = 2520 lcm(1,2,...,10) = 2520 . So smallest such number is 2 2520 2^{2520} . We use modulo congruences to evaluate 2 2520 576 ( m o d 1000 ) 2^{2520} \equiv 576 \pmod{1000} . (I'm omitting this as it was tedious calculation)

Jordan Osborn
Sep 2, 2013

Let us call this smallest number n. To be a perfect Nth power. n = m N N 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 1 N n^{\frac{1}{N}} 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 2520 = 2 2 2 3 3 5 7 2520=2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot3\cdot3\cdot5\cdot7 Now the base will have to be the smallest integer greater than 1 which is 2. So smallest n is 2 2520 2^{2520} The last three digits of which are 576.

Cody Johnson
Sep 1, 2013

Let r r be Raziman's number. The smallest perfect Nth power greater than 1 1 is 2 N 2^N , as 1 N < 2 N < 3 N 1^N<2^N<3^N . If r r is a perfect power, it is in the form of 2 k 2^k . Also, k k must divide all of 1 N 10 1\le N\le10 and be as small as possible, i.e., k = lcm ( 1 , 2 , 3 , , 10 ) = 2 3 3 2 ( 5 ) ( 7 ) = 2520 k=\text{lcm}(1,2,3,\dots,10)=2^33^2(5)(7)=2520 . From here, I used exponentiation by squaring to get the last 3 digits of 2 2520 576 ( m o d 1000 ) 2^{2520}\equiv\boxed{576}\pmod{1000} .

From here, I used exponentiation

What's that? Modulo congruence?

A Brilliant Member - 7 years, 9 months ago

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