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Definition of Factorials
1. factorial [n] - See also: factorial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Factorials
Literary usage of Factorials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"HFC Logan on the Calculus of factorials. [June 18, 4. On comparing the action of
such compounds as C9 H, ..."
2. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"See Table 17 for factorials I to 20. Sec Table 31 for log. Г (я + i), values of
я between i and 2. SMITHSONIAN TABLE«. ..."
3. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1889)
"EVALUATION OF PROBABILITIES WHERE factorials OF LARGE NUMBERS ARE INVOLVED. § 12.]
In many cases, as has been seen, the calculation of probabilities depends ..."
4. A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences by George Boole (1872)
"Expansion by factorials. 5. Attention has been directed to the formal analogy
between the differences of factorials and the differential coefficients of ..."
5. A Course of Modern Analysis: An Introduction to the General Theory of by Edmund Taylor Whittaker (1902)
"Expansion in inverse factorials. Another mode of development of functions, ...
has hitherto not been much used*, is that of expansion in inverse factorials ..."
6. Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Library (1866)
"NICHOLSON, P. Analytical and arithmetical essays; consisting of continued fractions,
factorials and figurate numbers, extraction of roots, application of ..."
7. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1875)
"... and as many more as you please ; (2) the difference of two cubes cannot be a
cube ; (3) the following in the notation of factorials is true: ..."