Wilson prime
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Wilson prime
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In number theory, a Wilson prime is a prime number p such that p 2 divides ( p − 1 ) ! + 1 , where " ! !} " denotes the factorial function; compare this with Wilson's theorem, which states that every prime p divides ( p − 1 ) ! + 1 . Both are named for 18th-century English mathematician John Wilson; in 1770, Edward Waring credited the theorem to Wilson, although it had been stated centuries earlier by Ibn al-Haytham. The only known Wilson primes are 5, 13, and 563 (sequence A007540 in the OEIS)
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Type of prime number
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