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PrintSecond Round, March 2019
Netherlands 2019 number theory
Problem
If you try to divide the number by , you will get a remainder. The number fits times in and you will be left with as remainder. There are two positive integers having the following property: if you divide by , you will get a remainder of . What are these two integers?
Solution
and
Final answer
666 and 1999
Techniques
Inverses mod nFactorization techniquesTechniques: modulo, size analysis, order analysis, inequalities