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A couple of clocks for modulo 5 and modulo 12 would make a great addition to the early part of this article.--[[User:MCrawford|MCrawford]] 19:35, 28 June 2006 (EDT) | A couple of clocks for modulo 5 and modulo 12 would make a great addition to the early part of this article.--[[User:MCrawford|MCrawford]] 19:35, 28 June 2006 (EDT) | ||
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| + | “What is the last digit of <math>(...((7)^7)^7)...)^7</math> if there are 1000 7s as exponents and only one 7 in the middle? We can solve this problem using mods. This can also be stated as <math>7^{7^{1000}}</math>.” | ||
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| + | It seems to me that the expression simplifies to <math>7^{1000}</math>, no? | ||
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This page is a small experiment to see if it's a better way to organize an amount of information that is sure to become very large.--MCrawford 16:34, 28 June 2006 (EDT)
A couple of clocks for modulo 5 and modulo 12 would make a great addition to the early part of this article.--MCrawford 19:35, 28 June 2006 (EDT)
“What is the last digit of 
if there are 1000 7s as exponents and only one 7 in the middle? We can solve this problem using mods. This can also be stated as 
.”
It seems to me that the expression simplifies to 
, no?
