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[39] [40] The factorial number system is a mixed radix notation for numbers in which the place values of each digit are factorials. [ 41 ] Factorials are used extensively in probability theory , for instance in the Poisson distribution [ 42 ] and in the probabilities of random permutations . [ 43 ]
Factorial experiments are described by two things: the number of factors, and the number of levels of each factor. For example, a 2×3 factorial experiment has two factors, the first at 2 levels and the second at 3 levels. Such an experiment has 2×3=6 treatment combinations or cells.
The factorial number system is sometimes defined with the 0! place omitted because it is always zero (sequence A007623 in the OEIS). In this article, a factorial number representation will be flagged by a subscript "!". In addition, some examples will have digits delimited by a colon. For example, 3:4:1:0:1:0! stands for
However, the gamma function, unlike the factorial, is more broadly defined for all complex numbers other than non-positive integers; nevertheless, Stirling's formula may still be applied.
The factorial of a non-negative integer n, denoted by n!, is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n. For example, 5! = 5×4×3×2×1 = 120. By convention, the value of 0! is defined as 1. This classical factorial function appears prominently in many theorems in number theory. The following are a few of these theorems. [1]
In number theory, the Kempner function [1] is defined for a given positive integer to be the smallest number such that divides the factorial!. For example, the number 8 {\displaystyle 8} does not divide 1 ! {\displaystyle 1!} , 2 ! {\displaystyle 2!} , or 3 ! {\displaystyle 3!} , but does divide 4 ! {\displaystyle 4!} , so S ( 8 ) = 4 ...
For example, 15 is a composite number because 15 = 3 · 5, but 7 is a prime number because it cannot be decomposed in this way. If one of the factors is composite, it can in turn be written as a product of smaller factors, for example 60 = 3 · 20 = 3 · (5 · 4) .
Here is a complete program defining and using the traditional recursive function to calculate a factorial. % Accepts a number and calculates its factorial function factorial (n: int) : real if n = 0 then result 1 else result n * factorial (n - 1) end if end factorial var n: int loop put "Please input an integer: "..