Find a four-digit factor of the number .
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Notice that if we let x = 1 0 , then the number can be written as the polynomial x 8 + x 7 + x 4 + x + 1
Assuming that ω is any of the fifth roots of unity (in other words, ω 5 = 1 ), then ω 8 + ω 7 + ω 4 + ω + 1 = ω 4 + ω 3 + ω 2 + ω + 1 = 0
In this way, we see that ( x − ω 1 ) ( x − ω 2 ) ( x − ω 3 ) ( x − ω 4 ) ( x − ω 5 ) = x 4 + x 3 + x 2 + x + 1 must divide x 8 + x 7 + x 4 + x + 1 .
Plugging x = 1 0 back into these polynomials and dividing, we get that 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 = 9 9 0 1