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    pathfinder NotLKH's Avatar
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    Can you help me Identify...

    Just wondering what the following is called, and if anyone can point out a proof:

    If P is prime, then (P-1)! Mod P = (P - 1)

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    Only Slightly Obsessive jemidiah's Avatar
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    I found something close: http://www.ajnpx.com/html/Math/Abstr...nsTheorem.html

    Maybe the one you're talking about is derived from that?
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