Wilsons theorem @richarde.borcherds7998

Wilsons theorem @richarde.borcherds7998

Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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 youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yHsr3EFj52Qf7lc3HHvHRdIysxEcj1H

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