Factorial

What is the largest perfect factorial number which is odd?

(Perfect factorial number means that the number can be expressed as a factorial of some other whole number)


The answer is 1.

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6 solutions

Prasun Biswas
Dec 14, 2013

Any perfect factorial other than 1 would be having 2 as one of its factors because the natural no. after 1 is 2 and due to this, there is only one perfect factorial that is odd and that factorial is 1.

Jubayer Nirjhor
Dec 14, 2013

Forget those PERFECT things... 1 \fbox{1} is the one and only odd factorial number... :p

yeah

عمرو إبراهيم - 7 years, 6 months ago
Jas Thandi
Dec 14, 2013

We know that:

n ! = n × ( n 1 ) × ( n 2 ) × . . . . × 3 × 2 × 1 \boxed{n! = n \times (n-1) \times (n-2) \times .... \times 3 \times 2 \times 1} .

We also know that:

e v e n × e v e n = e v e n \boxed{even \times even = even} , and:

o d d × o d d = e v e n \boxed{odd \times odd = even} .

So, we can examine that, in the case of n! for any n where n > 1 (strictly in the set of integers) we are multiplying by an even number at least once, and so the result will be an even number. Hence, the largest factorial that doesn't contain a multiplication by an even number is 1 \boxed{1} .

When you say odd × \times odd = = even, don't you mean even × \times odd = = even?

L de Mendonca - 7 years, 5 months ago
Kirtan Bhatt
Dec 14, 2013

charmingly simple problem. 2!=2, 3!=3x2=6 and so on.... hence we find that factorial of every number greater than equal to two is divisible by 2... so only odd factorial is 1 ! =1.

Let n be a perfect factorial number. So, n=k! for some natural k. If k>=2, then n is divisible by 2. Hence the only value of k is 1. thus, n=1!=1

A factorial is denoted as n ! n! , while ! ! is the symbol of factorial, and n ! = n × ( n 1 ) × ( n 2 ) × × 1 n!=n\times(n-1)\times(n-2)\times\dots\times1 .

For example, 3 ! = 3 × 2 × 1 = 6 3!=3\times2\times1=6

To let the perfect factorial number be odd , 2 2 cannot be the factor of the factorial number(means that the equation n × ( n 1 ) × × 1 n\times(n-1)\times\dots\times1 does not inculde 2 2 .) Therefore, n < 2 n<2 .The largest whole number less than 2 2 is 1 1 .

So, the answer = 1 ! = 1 =1!=\boxed{1}

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