Problem:
Let be the number of functions from such that . Find the remainder when is divided by 103.
, 2015
Solution
Solution:
For convenience, let . Compute the number of functions such that . Since is a prime, there are 2 cases: the order of is either or . The first case gives functions, and the second case gives functions. By symmetry, the number of ways for is
Plugging in , we need to find
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