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)!
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driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 weeks agoIntroducing, the signed factorial: ¡n! = n × -(n-1) × (n-2) x -(n-3) x … x (-1)^(n-2)(2) ×(-1)^(n-1)(1)
kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
jaybone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How are you going to flip the signs though?
kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
oop there was a real stupid typo where I forgot the minus sign lmao
it’s fixed now
jaybone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We did it Lemmy!
Where’s our Nobel prize.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 weeks ago
There’s no Nobel price for mathematics, but I can accept the one for peace instead.
Randelung@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I heard biology branches out.