Supersingular prime (moonshine theory) Supersingular prime (moonshine theory) In the mathematical branch of moonshine theory, a supersingular prime is a prime number that divides the order of the Monster group "M", which is the largest sporadic simple group. There are precisely fifteen supersingular prime numbers: the first eleven primes (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31), as well as 41, 47, 59, and 71. The non-supersingular primes are 37, 43, 53, 61, 67, and any prime number greater than or equal to 73. All supersingular primes are Chen primes, but 37, 53, and 67 are also Chen primes, and
Prime number is also a sufficient condition for formula_20 to be prime. Wilson's theorem says that an integer formula_145 is prime if and only if the factorial formula_146 is congruent to formula_147 mod formula_20. For a composite this cannot hold, since one of its factors divides both and formula_149, and so formula_150 is impossible. The formula_20-adic order formula_152 of an integer formula_1 is the number of copies of formula_20 in the prime factorization of formula_1. The same concept can be extended from integers to rational numbers by defining the formula_20-adic order of a fraction formula_157 to be formula_158. The formula_20-adic absolute value