Let $A$ be a $3 \times 3$ matrix and $\det(A) = 2$. If $n = \underbrace{\text{adj}(\text{adj}(\ldots…

Let $A$ be a $3 \times 3$ matrix and $\det(A) = 2$. If $n = \underbrace{\text{adj}(\text{adj}(\ldots \text{adj}(A)\ldots))}_{2024 \text{ times}}$, then the remainder when $n$ is divided by $9$ is equal to __________.

Solution

Given, $|A|=2$ And $n=\underbrace{adj(adj(adj(...adj(A)...)))}_{2024 \text{ times}}$ Now, using the formula $\underbrace{adj(adj(adj(...adj(A)...)))}_{r \text{ times}} = |A|^{n-1^r}$ we get, $\underbrace{|adj(adj(adj(...adj(A)...)))|}_{2024 \text{ times}} = |A|^{(n-1)^{2024}}$ $\Rightarrow n = |A|^{2^{2024}}$ $\Rightarrow n = 2^{2^{2024}}$ as $|A|=2$ Now, solving $2^{2024} = 4^{1012} = (3+1)^{1012} = 3k+1$ $\Rightarrow 2^{2^{2024}} = 2^{3k+1}$ $\Rightarrow 2^{2^{2024}} = 2 \cdot 2^{3k}$ $\Rightarrow 2^{2^{2024}} = 2 \cdot (9-1)^k$ $\Rightarrow 2^{2^{2024}} = 9m-2$ $\Rightarrow 2^{2^{2024}} = 9t-2+9$ $\Rightarrow 2^{2^{2024}} = 9m+7$ Hence, the remainder is $7$

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