Factorial

🅟 Mar 22, 2026

  🅤 Mar 22, 2026

FAC#DEF. Factorial.

The factorial of $n\in\N$, written $n!$, is defined recursively:

  1. \[0! = 1.\]
  2. For all $n\in\N^+$,

    \[n! = (n-1)!\cdot n.\]

For $n\in\N^+$ we have

\[n! = \prod_{k=1}^n k.\]