Factorial) – Texas Instruments TI-83 PLUS User Manual

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TI-83 Plus

Math, Angle, and Test Operations

94

items

nCr

number

! (Factorial)

!

(factorial) returns the factorial of either an integer or a multiple of .5. For

a list, it returns factorials for each integer or multiple of .5.

value

must be

‚L

.5 and



69.

value

!

Note: The factorial is computed recursively using the relationship (n+1)! = n

ä

n!,

until n is reduced to either 0 or

L

1/2. At that point, the definition 0!=1 or the

definition (

L

1

à

2)!=

‡p

is used to complete the calculation. Hence:

n!=n

ä

(n

N

1)

ä

(n

N

2)

д

...

д

2

д

1, if n is an integer

0

n!= n

ä

(n

N

1)

ä

(n

N

2)

д

...

д

1

а

2

д‡p

, if n+1

à

2 is an integer

0

n! is an error, if neither n nor n+1

à

2 is an integer

0.

(The variable n equals

value

in the syntax description above.)

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