The modulo operator (%) gives a different result for different .NET versions in C#

Math.Pow works on double-precision floating-point numbers; thus, you shouldn’t expect more than the first 15–17 digits of the result to be accurate:

All floating-point numbers also have a limited number of significant digits, which also determines how accurately a floating-point value approximates a real number. A Double value has up to 15 decimal digits of precision, although a maximum of 17 digits is maintained internally.

However, modulo arithmetic requires all digits to be accurate. In your case, you are computing 49103, whose result consists of 175 digits, making the modulo operation meaningless in both your answers.

To work out the correct value, you should use arbitrary-precision arithmetic, as provided by the BigInteger class (introduced in .NET 4.0).

int val = (int)(BigInteger.Pow(49, 103) % 143);   // gives 114

Edit: As pointed out by Mark Peters in the comments below, you should use the BigInteger.ModPow method, which is intended specifically for this kind of operation:

int val = (int)BigInteger.ModPow(49, 103, 143);   // gives 114

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