group theoretic proof of Wilson’s theorem
Here we present a group theoretic proof of it.
Clearly, it is enough to show that since .By Sylow theorems, we have that -Sylow subgroups of , thesymmetric group
on elements, have order , and the number ofSylow subgroups is congruent to 1 modulo . Let be a Sylow subgroupof . Note that is generated by a -cycle. There are cyclesof length in . Each -Sylow subgroup contains cyclesof length , hence there are different-Sylow subgrups in , i.e. . From Sylow’s SecondTheorem, it follows that ,so .