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Here is a formal solution, using Euler's totient function –calculated from non-prime numbers. 

There are often (not always) solutions to simultaneous modular equations with non-co-prime modulo numbers, when one of the co-primes modulos is equivalent to zero.

 

The first product of zero (0) is included as a presentation continuity formality.

 

 

\(\begin{array}{rcll} n &\equiv& {\color{red}0} \pmod {{\color{green}8}} \\ n &\equiv& {\color{red}1} \pmod {{\color{green}9}} \\ n &\equiv& {\color{red}4} \pmod {{\color{green}10}} \\ \text{Set } m &=& 8\cdot 9\cdot 10 = 720 \\ \end{array}\)

 

\({ \begin{array}{l} n = {\color{red}0} \cdot {\color{green}9\cdot 10} \cdot \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ [ { (\color{green}9 \cdot 10) }^{\varphi({\color{green}8}) -1 } \pmod {{\color{green}8}} ] }_{=\text{modulo inverse }(9\cdot 10) \mod 8 } }_{=(9\cdot 10)^{4-1} \mod {8}} }_{=(9\cdot 10)^{3} \mod {8}} }_{=(90\pmod{8})^{3} \mod {8}} }_{=(2)^{3} \mod {8}} }_{= 0} + {\color{red}1} \cdot {\color{green}8\cdot 10} \cdot \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ [ { (\color{green}8\cdot 10) }^{\varphi({\color{green}9}) -1} \pmod {{\color{green}9}} ] }_{=\text{modulo inverse } (8\cdot 10) \mod {9}} }_{=(8\cdot 10)^{6-1} \mod {9}} }_{=(8\cdot 10)^{5} \mod {9}} }_{=(80\pmod{9})^{5} \mod {9}} }_{=(8)^{5} \mod {9}} }_{=8} + {\color{red}4} \cdot {\color{green}8\cdot 9} \cdot \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ \underbrace{ [ { (\color{green}8\cdot 9) }^{\varphi({\color{green}10}) -1 } \pmod {{\color{green}10}} ] }_{=\text{modulo inverse } (8\cdot 9) \mod 10 } }_{=(8\cdot 9)^{4-1} \mod { 10}} }_{=(8\cdot 9)^{3} \mod {10}} }_{=(72\pmod{10})^{3} \mod {10}} }_{=(2)^{3} \mod {10}} }_{=8}\\ \\ n = {\color{red}0} \cdot {\color{green}9\cdot 10} \cdot [0] + {\color{red}1} \cdot {\color{green}8\cdot 10} \cdot [8] + {\color{red}4} \cdot {\color{green}8\cdot 9} \cdot [8] \\ n = 0+ 640 + 2304 \\ n = 2944 \\ n \pmod {m} \rightarrow 2944 \pmod {720} \equiv 64 \\ \\ n = 64 + k\cdot 360\qquad k \in Z\\ \hspace {10em} \mathbf{n_{min}} \mathbf{=} \mathbf{64} \end{array} } \)

 

 

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Feb 10, 2022

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