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The Wilson remainders for all primes less than 50,000 have been computed and tabulated. The distribution of the remainders divided by the corresponding primes has also been examined.
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Fröberg, CE. Investigation of the Wilson remainders in the interval 3≦p<50,000. Ark. Mat. 4, 479–499 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591598
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