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单词 WilsonQuotient
释义

Wilson quotient


The Wilson quotientMathworldPlanetmath Wn for a given positive integer n is the rational number Γ(n)+1n, where Γ(x) is Euler’s Gamma function (since we’re dealing with integer inputs here, in effect this is merely a quicker way to write (n-1)!).

From Wilson’s theorem it follows that the Wilson quotient is an integer only if n is not composite. When n is composite, the numerator of the Wilson quotient is (n-1)!+1 and the denominator is n. For example, if n=7 we have numerator 721 with denominator 7, and since these have 7 as their greatest common divisorMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath, in lowest terms the Wilson quotient of 7 is 103 (with 1 as tacit numerator). But for n=8 we have

W8=50418.

References

  • 1 R. Crandall & C. Pomerance, Prime NumbersMathworldPlanetmath: A Computational Perspective. New York: Springer (2001): 29.
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