From 85b27bdee71eb2d53c16c459dd8099f33abf38b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antti H S Laaksonen Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 00:18:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Wilson's theorem --- luku21.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/luku21.tex b/luku21.tex index 68aaee3..dd12ddc 100644 --- a/luku21.tex +++ b/luku21.tex @@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ For example, the number 11 is prime, because and the number 12 is not prime, because \[11! \bmod 12 = 0 \neq 11.\] -Hence, Wilson's theorem tells us whether a number -is prime. However, in practice, the theorem cannot be +Hence, Wilson's theorem can be used to find out +whether a number is prime. However, in practice, the theorem cannot be applied to large values of $n$, because it is difficult to calculate the value of $(n-1)!$ when $n$ is large.