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Unexpected Factorial@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

270! degrees

110

270! degrees

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Unexpected Factorial@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

Which is roughly 6.7*10^540.

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How are there 2 πs in a circle when you only get to eat 1 π?
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  The Big π is lying to you you can eat 2π
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    but aren’t those 2π technically 4π? i’m so confused

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When you use an exclamation mark with a number, you’re actually implying it’s not a normal number any more. It’s a factorial!

Ok, so how does this work?

5!=1×2×3×4×5=120

6!=720

These numbers get really large. For example:

15!≈1.3×10^12

So, next time you see a headline with 2000! in it, you’ll know what to expect.

There are also double factorials (n!!) and iterated factorials (n!)!, and they aren’t the same thing. Just add more exclamation marks and you get multifactorial. Check wikipedia to see how spicy it gets.

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