Abstract
This paper describes the use of the Boyer-Moore theorem prover in mechanically generating a proof of Wilson's theorem: for any prime p, (p-1)! and p-1 are congruent modulo p. The input to the theorem prover consists of a sequence of three function definitions and forty-two propositions to be proved. The proofs generated by the system are based on a library of lemmas relating to list manipulation and number theory, including Fermat's theorem.
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