Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 ia Paper 4 7B b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Put , so the requested modulus is . The factorial is divisible by , and so is . Also, Wilson's theorem gives . Because and are coprime integers, their product divides the difference. Thus the Wilson factorial congruence modulo a triangular number isThe displayed residue lies in the standard range even at .