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Wilson's theorem

In algebra and number theory, Wilson's theorem states that a natural number n > 1 is a prime number if and only if the product of all the positive integers less than n is one less than a multiple of n. That is (using the notations of modular arithmetic), the factorial satisfies exactly when n is a prime number. In other words, any number n is a prime number if, and only if, (n − 1)! + 1 is divisible by n. (Wikipedia).

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Wilson's Theorem ← Number Theory

A proof of Wilson's Theorem, a basic result from elementary number theory. The theorem can be strengthened into an iff result, thereby giving a test for primality. (Though in practice there are far more efficient tests.) Subject: Elementary Number Theory Teacher: Michael Harrison Artist

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Wilson's theorem

This lecture is part of an online undergraduate course on the theory of numbers. We prove Wilsons' theorem that (p-1)! = -1 mod p, and give some generalizations and applications of it. For the other lectures in the course see https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yHsr3EFj52Qf7lc3H

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Number Theory | Wilson's Theorem Example

We give an example of an application of Wilson's Theorem. www.michael-penn.net

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Number Theory | Wilson's Theorem

We state and prove Wilson's Theorem. www.michael-penn.net

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Number Theory | Wilson's Theorem and Classification of Primes

We give a Corollary to Wilson's Theorem as well as a classification of primes using this result. www.michael-penn.net

From playlist Number Theory

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(n-1)! is multiple of n when n≠4 is composite, in contrast to Wilson's Theorem for prime numbers

#numbertheory (n-1)! is multiple of n when n≠4 is composite. For prime numbers, Wilson's theorem, in number theory, states that any prime p divides (p − 1)! + 1

From playlist Elementary Number Theory

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Topics in Combinatorics lecture 16.6 --- The Frankl-Wilson theorem on restricted intersection sizes

Let F be a family of subsets of {1,2,...,n} such that every set in F has size that satisfies some congruence condition mod p and every intersection of two distinct sets in F fails to satisfy that condition. How large can F be? The Frankl-Wilson theorem addresses this question and has had a

From playlist Topics in Combinatorics (Cambridge Part III course)

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Cayley-Hamilton Theorem: General Case

Matrix Theory: We state and prove the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem over a general field F. That is, we show each square matrix with entries in F satisfies its characteristic polynomial. We consider the special cases of diagonal and companion matrices before giving the proof.

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Introduction to number theory lecture 12 Wilson's theorem

This lecture is part of my Berkeley math 115 course "Introduction to number theory" For the other lectures in the course see https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yHsr3EFj53L8sMbzIhhXSAOpuZ1Fov8 We discuss Wilsons theorem that (p-1)! = 1 mod p. The textbook is "An introduction to the

From playlist Introduction to number theory (Berkeley Math 115)

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Wilson's Theorem Number Theory 14

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From playlist Number Theory

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Wilson's Theorem -- Number Theory 14

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From playlist Number Theory v2

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MATH1081 Discrete Maths: Chapter 3 Question 18

We show that if p is prime number then (p - 2)! is congruent to 1 mod p. Presented by Peter Brown of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, UNSW.

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Croatian Mathematical Olympiad | 2005 Q11.1

We solve a nice number theory problem from the 2005 Croatian Mathematical Olympiad. Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/michaelpennmath?sub_confirmation=1 Personal Website: http://www.michael-penn.net Randolph College Math: http://www.randolphcollege.edu/mathematics/ Randolph Coll

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Extremal Combinatorics with Po-Shen Loh - 04/27 Mon

Carnegie Mellon University is protecting the community from the COVID-19 pandemic by running courses online for the Spring 2020 semester. This is the video stream for Po-Shen Loh’s PhD-level course 21-738 Extremal Combinatorics. Professor Loh will not be able to respond to questions or com

From playlist CMU PhD-Level Course 21-738 Extremal Combinatorics

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Stokes Theorem

In this video, I present Stokes' Theorem, which is a three-dimensional generalization of Green's theorem. It relates the line integral of a vector field over a curve to the surface integral of the curl of that vector field over the corresponding surface. After presenting an example, I expl

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