Pigeon Hole Principle (VIDEO!)

In 1834 Dirichlet outined a very simple but extraordinarily powerful principle. I briefly discuss it here, and then quickly move on to use it to solve a curious little puzzle I put out on twitter: Is there a power of three that ends with 001?

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