Find the integer such that is a perfect square.
Notation: is the factorial notation. For example, .
Bonus: Generalize. For what values of can we divide by to get a perfect square?
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If we want a perfect square, we must have even amount of all prime divisors. In 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! ⋯ 2 0 1 5 ! 2 0 1 6 ! , the occurence of odd numbers ( not including its multiples) are always even, while occurences of even numbers ( not including its multiples) are always odd, so we don't have to care about the odd numbers. For example, the occurence of 3 in all factorials ( 3 ! to 2 0 1 6 ! ) is 2 0 1 4 times, while the occurence of 4 in all factorials ( 4 ! to 2 0 1 6 ! ) is 2 0 1 3 . The occurence of 2 including its multiples in the even numbers is 1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ + 1 0 0 8 = 5 0 8 5 3 6 , which is even, so we don't have to care about 2. Therefore we only want the even numbers divided by 2 , which would be 1 , 2 , 3 , ⋯ , 1 0 0 8 , to have even occurences. Then we can divide the whole number by 1 0 0 8 ! so that 1 , 2 , 3 , ⋯ , 1 0 0 8 would be cancled and have 0 occurences. Hence x = 1 0 0 8 .