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[parent] Wilson's theorem result (Result)

The following is a variant of Wilson's theorem:

Let $p$ be a positive integer and $1 \leq k \leq p-1$ . Then:
$p$ is prime if and only if $$(p-k)!(k-1)! \equiv (-1)^{k} \pmod{p}.$$

For particular $k = 1, 2, \ldots$ one gets nice results.




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Cross-references: prime, integer, positive, Wilson's theorem

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A reference by giannimor on 2005-06-21 18:36:11
This result is from the article by F. Smarandache, Criteria for a positive integer to be prime, Gazeta Matematica, Bucharest, No. 2, 49-52, 1981.

{My entry "Generalization of Wilson's theorem" was adopted by someone else but he cut the reference.}
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