Problem 1
c.f. Problem 6.2
What is the least residue of
- \(5^{10} \pmod{11}\)
- \(5^{12} \pmod{11}\)
- \(1945^{12} \pmod{11}\)
Due Thursday, October 20, 2022
October 14: typo in problem 6(b) corrected.
What is the least residue of
What are the last two digits of \(7^{355}\)?
What is the remainder when \(314^{162}\) is divided by \(163\)?
What is the remainder when \(314^{164}\) is divided by \(165\)?
Suppose that \(p\) is an odd prime. Show that \[1^{p-1} + 2^{p-1} + \cdots + (p-1)^{p-1} \equiv -1 \pmod{p}\] and \[1^p + 2^p + \cdots + (p-1)^p \equiv 0 \pmod{p}.\]
Show that for any two distinct primes \(p,q\),
Show that if \(p\) is an odd prime, then \(2p\) divides \(2^{2p-1}-2\).