Jun 7, 2012

Numbers : Wilson Theorum




Wilson theorem is simply to find remainders in case of factorials

(p - 1)! + 1 ≡ 0 mod p where p is a prime number.

=> (p - 1)! ≡ -1 mod p ≡ (p -1) mod p

=> (p - 2)! ≡ 1 mod p.

(N ≡ A mod B means N when divided by B gives remainder A OR A is obtained after decreasing some integral multiples of B from N.)


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