How do i calculate the remainder for extremely large exponential numbers using java ?
eg. (48^26)/2401
I tried using BIGINTEGER, however it gave the same output for large divisors.I'm not sure if BIG INTEGER can do this .I have tried all other PRIMITIVE data type.They seem to be insufficient.
FYI it tried the following code:
BigInteger a = new BigInteger("48");
a = a.pow(26);
BigInteger b = new BigInteger("2401");//49*49
a = a.mod(b);
System.out.println(a);
I don't know why i got the same output everytime, it's weird that it's working fine now.
The answer comes out to be 1128
解决方案
You can use repeated modulus of smaller numbers.
say you have
(a * b) % n
((A * n + AA) * (B * n + BB)) % n | AA = a %n & BB = b % n
(A * B * n^2 + A * N * BB + AA * B * n + AA * BB) % n
AA * BB % n since x * n % n == 0
(a % n) * (b % n) % n
In your case, you can write
48^26 % 2401
(48^2) ^ 13 % 2401
as
int n = 48;
for (int i = 1; i < 26; i++)
n = (n * 48) % 2401;
System.out.println(n);
int n2 = 48 * 48;
for (int i = 1; i < 13; i++)
n2 = (n2 * 48 * 48) % 2401;
System.out.println(n2);
System.out.println(BigInteger.valueOf(48).pow(26).mod(BigInteger.valueOf(2401)));
prints
1128
1128
1128
As @Ruchina points out, your example is small enough to calculate using a simple double expression.
for (int i = 1; i < 100; i++) {
BigInteger mod = BigInteger.valueOf(48).pow(i).mod(BigInteger.valueOf(2401));
double x = Math.pow(48, i) % 2401;
if (mod.intValue() != x) {
System.out.println(i + ": " + mod + " vs " + x);
break;
}
}
prints
34: 736 vs 839.0
In other words, any power of 48 is fine up to 33.