Thursday, January 6, 2011

Prime numbers : Interesting properties

(1) 1*2*3*4*....*(n-1) + 1 is always divisible by n if n is a prime,
but never when n is composite.

(2) Every prime of the form (4x + 1) is expressible as the sum of two integer squares in one and only one way.

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