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WLOG a n ≥ a n − 1 ≥ ⋯ ≥ a 1 . Note that X > a n since factorials is a monotonicaly increasing function. We have i = 1 ∑ n a i ! ≤ n ( a n ! ) a n ! ∑ i = 1 n a i ! ≤ n a n ! ∑ i = 1 n a i ! ∈ { 2 , 3 , 4 . … , n } We note that for some X ! = n cannot work since λ ! ≥ 1 . Thus, the possible solution is X = n , a n = n − 1 which yields n − 1 = a n = a n − 1 = ⋯ = a 1