Facts about factorials in ZMod

We collect facts about factorials in context of modular arithmetic.

Main statements

• ZMod.cast_descFactorial: For natural numbers n and p, where n is less than or equal to p the descending factorial of (p - 1) taken n times modulo p equals (-1) ^ n * n!.

See also

For the prime case and involving factorial rather than descFactorial, see Wilson's theorem:

• Nat.prime_iff_fac_equiv_neg_one

theorem ZMod.cast_descFactorial {n : ℕ} {p : ℕ} (h : n ≤ p) : ↑((p - 1).descFactorial n) = (-1) ^ n * ↑n.factorial