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Yes. A factorial is an integer, since it is the product of one or more integers.
The proof of this is that any integer can be expressed as a fraction with a denominator of 1, and that if you multiply all of these fractions together, you multiply the numerators and then the denominators. Since all of the denominators are 1, their product can only be 1, therefore a factorial is an integer.
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The exclamation point in a math equation symbolizes the factorial function. The factorial of an integer > 0 is the product of that integer and all of the integers between 1 and that integer. For instance 7! is 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1, or 5040. The special case of 0! is defined as 1.
The exclamation point is the symbol for the factorial function. For integer values of n, n! = 1*2*3*...*n The factorial is critical for calculating numbers of permutations and combinations.
A factorial of a positive integer n, is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n. For example the factorial of 5 is: 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120 0! is a special case that is explicitly defined to be 1. A factorial is denoted by n! (5! for this example)
the product of an integer and all the integers below it; e.g., factorial four ( 4!) is equal to 24 The exclamation point stands for factorial. 4! = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1
factorial of -1