I'm looking for a divisibility test for numbers of the form 10n±1
I need the test to be a summation across digits like the one for 11, that being, a number ¯dn…d1 is divisible by 11 if
\sum_{i \; even} d_{i+1} - d_i \pmod{11} = 0
I'm after a similarly styled test for all 10n \pm1. Is there a nice way to generate them?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Answer
Example for the number 19 : The order of 10 modulo 19 is 18, therefore you can divide the given number into 18-digit-blocks from behind. The first block usually will have less than 18 digits. Then, you can sum up the residues modulo 19 of those blocks (considered as a natural number) and the given number is divisible by 19 if and only if the sum is divisible by 19.
A bit easier to use is the following rule : Divide the number into 9-digit blocks from behind, the first block usually will have less than 9 digits. Then, begin with residue modulo 19 of the first block, then subtract the residue of the next, then add and so on. The given number is divisible by 19 , if and only if the final result is divisible by 19.
Example : 5645012950185238747288629
Dividing gives 5645012\ 950185238747288629
5645012 has redisue 17 and 950185238747288629 has redisue 2 , the sum is 19. Hence , the given number is disible by 19
5645012\ 950185238\ 747288629
If we divide in 9-digit - blocks, we get the residues 17,7,9 and 17-7+9=19 which is divisible by 19, hence the given number is disivible by 19.
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