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A055939
Primes p such that p | ((p-1)/2)! + 1.
3
7, 11, 19, 43, 47, 67, 79, 103, 127, 131, 163, 179, 191, 199, 227, 263, 347, 367, 383, 419, 431, 443, 479, 491, 503, 523, 563, 571, 599, 607, 619, 631, 683, 691, 727, 739, 743, 787, 823, 839, 863, 887, 947, 991, 1019, 1051, 1087, 1091, 1123, 1151, 1187
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
p | (p-1)! +1 iff p is a prime (Wilson's theorem). Note: all of the above primes are congruent to 3 (mod 4).
All primes == 3 mod 4 are members of either A055939 or A058302. - Zak Seidov, Jan 16 2007
REFERENCES
J. B. Cosgrave, A Mersenne-Wieferich Odyssey, Manuscript, May 2022. See Section 18.5.
LINKS
MATHEMATICA
Select[ Range[ 1225 ], PrimeQ[ # ] && Mod[ ((# - 1)/2)! + 1, # ] == 0 & ]
Select[Prime[Range[200]], Divisible[((#-1)/2)!+1, #]&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 17 2014 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A103802 A038984 A165549 * A154555 A285016 A162857
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 22 2000
STATUS
approved