What could we change the expression to in the following product to get the same result?
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Relevant wiki: Factorials
let 1 0 7 = N
then the product stated is
= 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! . . . N ! N ! N = 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! . . . N ! 1 N 2 N 3 N . . . N N
Now we reach the vital step, look at the denominator, N factorials have a common factor of 1, N-1 factorials have a common factor of 2, N-2 factorials have a common factor of 3 and so on. if you group the repeated numbers in the denominator you can see that we can write the above expression as
1 N 2 N − 1 3 N − 2 . . . N 1 1 N 2 N 3 N . . . N N = 1 N 1 N ⋅ 2 N − 1 2 N ⋅ 3 N − 2 3 N . . . N 1 N N = 1 0 2 1 3 2 . . . N N − 1 = k = 1 ∏ N k k − 1 .