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#1 2007-02-26 10:09:19
- kylekatarn
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Messed up factorial formula
[expression manipulation/basic calculus]
Simplify:
Last edited by kylekatarn (2007-02-28 10:44:57)
#2 2007-03-06 10:20:59
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Re: Messed up factorial formula
1) The binomial coefficients are a good clue
2) don't try to make any calculations before replacing parts of the expression:)
Last edited by kylekatarn (2007-03-06 10:26:14)
#3 2007-03-06 15:02:33
#4 2007-03-06 15:18:53
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Re: Messed up factorial formula
kylekatarn,
Seeing the heading, I thought the fomula has something to do with James-Stirling formula! I had been completely misled!
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#5 2007-03-07 05:21:45
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Re: Messed up factorial formula
yes it is, Jane, good work! 
Ganesh, I tried to make things as obscure as I could lol
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#6 2007-03-07 06:12:48
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Re: Messed up factorial formula
kylekatarn wrote:
Ganesh, I tried to make things as obscure as I could lol
And you certainly succeeded. 