Comment on Spanish Notations

• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Introducing, the signed factorial: ¡n! = n × -(n-1) × (n-2) x -(n-3) x … x (-1)^(n-2)(2) ×(-1)^(n-1)(1)

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We did it Lemmy!

    Where’s our Nobel prize.

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    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s no Nobel price for mathematics, but I can accept the one for peace instead.

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      • Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I heard biology branches out.

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  • kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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)!

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    • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How are you going to flip the signs though?

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      • kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        oop there was a real stupid typo where I forgot the minus sign lmao

        it’s fixed now

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• anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s the same calculation but you also take a shot of vodka for all integers less than n but greater than 0

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