The complete the series quiz.

[ChrisW]

How can 1 be followed by 1?

[Emulsfier]

How can 1 be followed by 1?

He was going by the logic 1! followed by 0! but thats not correct.

[ChrisW]

I only remember what 69! is

[Emulsfier]

I only remember what 69! is

171122452428141311372468338881272839092270544893520369393648040923257279754140647424000000000000000 aparently.

Nice.

[Rogg]

Beyond me.

[Emulsfier]

Beyond me.

Factorial is function that takes a positive whole number and multipies it by every whole number below it down to 1.

Eg 8! = 8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1 = 40320

Comes up a lot when thinking about combinations and probibilities.

[ChrisW]

I only remember what 69! is

171122452428141311372468338881272839092270544893520369393648040923257279754140647424000000000000000 aparently.

Nice.

It was a school thing. Was the highest factorial your standard calculator could handle always looked like 1.711224524×10⁹⁸

[Emulsfier]

I only remember what 69! is

171122452428141311372468338881272839092270544893520369393648040923257279754140647424000000000000000 aparently.

Nice.

It was a school thing. Was the highest factorial your standard calculator could handle always looked like 1.711224524×10⁹⁸

Yeh my regular Casio gives up at 99 digits as well.

[ChrisW]

Anything higher than 69 gave and error message. So the Casios of the day couldn't handle it

[ChrisW]

I only remember what 69! is

171122452428141311372468338881272839092270544893520369393648040923257279754140647424000000000000000 aparently.

Nice.

It was a school thing. Was the highest factorial your standard calculator could handle always looked like 1.711224524×10⁹⁸

Yeh my regular Casio gives up at 99 digits as well.

Still no improvement then after 40 odd years.

[ChrisW]

Drupid may view this thread and be actually dribbling.

[ChrisW]

He loved a Maths thread.

[Emulsfier]

Answer is √π / 2 by the way. I was looking for (1/2) factorial (with the naughty definition).

[Rogg]

Another minute and I'd have got that.

[Emulsfier]

Another minute and I'd have got that.

All you have to do is compute this with x= -1/2 Easy really.

[ChrisW]

Another minute and I'd have got that.

Me too. + a few years

[ChrisW]

I did A level Maths and mechanics but fecked if I ever applied any of it to real life or remember any of it.

[Captain Hobo]

I did A level Maths and mechanics but fecked if I ever applied any of it to real life or remember any of it.

+1 for the Maths but not mechanics.

Got in the top 9% of the state for Maths in my final year, and most of what Emu posted went straight over my head.

[ChrisW]

I did A level Maths and mechanics but fecked if I ever applied any of it to real life or remember any of it.

+1 for the Maths but not mechanics.

Got in the top 9% of the state for Maths in my final year, and most of what Emu posted went straight over my head.

Unless you really enjoy maths stats etc it doesn't really become useful in 90% of jobs in life.
It baffles me why so much in depth maths is studied in schools, colleges. Just teach them the basics and well.
As a lot of kids get put off by algebra etc which has no use.

Plus put more focus on how to apply basic maths to real life, business.
How to manage your personal finances, make profit if you run a business.

Seen so many businesses fail due to bad basic accounting.

[Emulsfier]

One that isnt a pisstake, what sub sequence comes next?:

1

1,1

2,1

1,2,1,1

1,1,1,2,2,1

3,1,2,2,1,1

?