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minus-squareanarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·8 hours agoFuck I thought that was an absolute factorial.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoAren’t all factorials absolute factorials?
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 hours agoIntroducing, the signed factorial: ¡n! = n × -(n-1) × (n-2) x -(n-3) x … x (-1)^(n-2)(2) ×(-1)^(n-1)(1)
minus-squarekittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoI’d prefer an alternative definition that starts with the base case ¡0! = 1, and then for n > 0 we define ¡n! = n * ¡(n-1)!
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoWe did it Lemmy! Where’s our Nobel prize.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThere’s no Nobel price for mathematics, but I can accept the one for peace instead.
Fuck I thought that was an absolute factorial.
Aren’t all factorials absolute factorials?
Introducing, the signed factorial: ¡n! = n × -(n-1) × (n-2) x -(n-3) x … x (-1)^(n-2)(2) ×(-1)^(n-1)(1)
I’d prefer an alternative definition that starts with the base case ¡0! = 1, and then for n > 0 we define ¡n! = n * ¡(n-1)!
We did it Lemmy!
Where’s our Nobel prize.
There’s no Nobel price for mathematics, but I can accept the one for peace instead.