Answer: 2016∗121=16, 2016∗144=13.
Suppose there are two positive integers a,b. Let us rewrite them as follows: a=bq+r, where q is a non-negative integer, r is a positive integer and r≤b. We prove that under such conditions a∗b=q.
If in the second condition ∀a∈N we put a=b, then we will obtain a∗a=0. If we suppose that a∗b=0, and in condition 1) put a1+b1=a, b1=b, then we obtain
(a1+b1)∗b1=a1∗b1+1 or a∗b=(a−b)∗b+1.
But this contradicts the definition of the operation, because in such case for positive integers a−b and b the operation is not defined, because then (a−b)∗b=−1, which is impossible. Thus, for a>b b∗a=0.
Now suppose a>b and a=bq+r, q,r∈N, r≤b. Then
r∗b=0⇒(r+b)∗b=r∗b+1=1⇒((r+b)+b)∗b=(r+b)∗b+1=2⇒…(r+qb)∗b=((r+(q−1)b)+b)∗b+1=q−1+1=q,
Finally we obtain
20162016=121⋅16+80=144⋅14=144⋅13+144⇒2016∗121⇒2016∗144=16,=13.