Numerator of p-1th Harmonic Number is Divisible by Prime p/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Numerator of p-1th Harmonic Number is Divisible by Prime p
Donald E. Knuth reports in his The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd ed. ($1997$) that this result was established by Edward Waring in $1782$, but he gives no further details.
Sources
- 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.2.7$: Harmonic Numbers: Exercise $17$