Factorial

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Definition 1.

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

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

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

Note. For $n \in \N^+$ we have

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