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TI SR-50A, a 1975 calculator with a factorial key (third row, center right) The factorial function is a common feature in scientific calculators. [73] It is also included in scientific programming libraries such as the Python mathematical functions module [74] and the Boost C++ library. [75]
[1] [2] [3] One way of stating the approximation involves the logarithm of the factorial: (!) = + (), where the big O notation means that, for all sufficiently large values of , the difference between (!
Before performing a Yates analysis, the data should be arranged in "Yates' order". That is, given k factors, the k th column consists of 2 (k - 1) minus signs (i.e., the low level of the factor) followed by 2 (k - 1) plus signs (i.e., the high level of the factor). For example, for a full factorial design with three factors, the design matrix is
Here is a sample program that computes the factorial of an integer number from 2 to 69 (ignoring the calculator's built-in factorial/gamma function). There are two versions of the example: one for algebraic mode and one for RPN mode. The RPN version is significantly shorter. Algebraic version:
(n factorial) is the number of n-permutations; !n (n subfactorial) is the number of derangements – n-permutations where all of the n elements change their initial places. In combinatorial mathematics , a derangement is a permutation of the elements of a set in which no element appears in its original position.
The simple formula for the factorial, x! = 1 × 2 × ⋯ × x is only valid when x is a positive integer, and no elementary function has this property, but a good solution is the gamma function () = (+). [1]
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For example, given b = 5, e = 3 and m = 13, dividing 5 3 = 125 by 13 leaves a remainder of c = 8. Modular exponentiation can be performed with a negative exponent e by finding the modular multiplicative inverse d of b modulo m using the extended Euclidean algorithm. That is: c = b e mod m = d −e mod m, where e < 0 and b ⋅ d ≡ 1 (mod m).