wilson's theorem

please gve me an idea of wilson theorem.

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The blog post on Modulo Arithmetic has Wilson's Theorem as Test Yourself (*) 5. That gives you the statement, and you should work out how to prove it form the hints.

Calvin Lin Staff - 8 years, 5 months ago

Why is it unavailable sir?

Jun Arro Estrella - 5 years, 4 months ago

@Jun Arro Estrella The Brilliant blog no longer exists. However, there is a great wiki page about Wilson's Theorem, as well as a general page about modular arithmetic.

Eli Ross Staff - 5 years, 4 months ago

@Eli Ross – Thank you for the information I appreciate it

Jun Arro Estrella - 5 years, 4 months ago

Anyway, Wilson's Theorem states that for all primes $p$ ,

$(p - 1)! \equiv -1$ (mod $p$ )

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 5 months ago

This should tell you what you're looking for.

Eli Ross - 8 years, 5 months ago

There is a blog post I read on Brilliant on modulo arithmetic, the test yourself questions ramp up toward using Wilsons theorem.

Michael Pedersen - 8 years, 5 months ago

Wilson's Theorem is related to algebra?

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 5 months ago

what is the remainder when 40! is divided by 43

Eiren Nobasac - 6 years, 4 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$