 Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-probability-statistics-and-options-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2009/c/1/ii/solution

p > 1

is prime if and only if

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

In particular the congruence holds for every prime

p

, including two.

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