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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 hours agoAren’t all factorials absolute factorials?
minus-squareanarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoIt’s the same calculation but you also take a shot of vodka for all integers less than n but greater than 0
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-213 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-up6·edit-29 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-up2·9 hours agoHow are you going to flip the signs though?
minus-squarekittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agooop there was a real stupid typo where I forgot the minus sign lmao it’s fixed now
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 hours agoWe did it Lemmy! Where’s our Nobel prize.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoThere’s no Nobel price for mathematics, but I can accept the one for peace instead.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoI heard biology branches out.
Aren’t all factorials absolute factorials?
It’s the same calculation but you also take a shot of vodka for all integers less than n but greater than 0
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)!
How are you going to flip the signs though?
oop there was a real stupid typo where I forgot the minus sign lmao
it’s fixed now
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.
I heard biology branches out.