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Wilson quotient

The Wilson quotient W(p) is defined as:

If p is a prime number, the quotient is an integer by Wilson's theorem; moreover, if p is composite, the quotient is not an integer. If p divides W(p), it is called a Wilson prime. The integer values of W(p) are (sequence A007619 in the OEIS):

It is known that

where is the k-th Bernoulli number. Note that the first relation comes from the second one by subtraction, after substituting and .

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