It’s part of the definition, otherwise 1! is undefined.
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yesman@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If you’re doing a factorial the long way, is there any reason to multiply anything times one? It seems like you could just skip it, but I’m not a math guy.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place 1 week ago
I read that as doing Factorio the long way, which is a good way to play that game
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I guess if it’s a show-your-work situation then you’d want to keep it in your equations, otherwise, yeah, you could just drop it.