The product of 0 and anything is $0$, and seems like it would be reasonable to assume that $0! = 0$. I'm perplexed as to why I have to account for this condition in my factorial function (Trying to learn Haskell).

Feb 6, 2021 · $$ 0! = \Gamma(1) = \int_0^{\infty} e^{-x} dx = 1 $$ If you are starting from the "usual" definition of the factorial, in my opinion it is best to take the statement $0! = 1$ as a part of the definition of the factorial function, as anything else would require proofs using the factorial to include special cases for $0!$ and $1!$. It's a ...

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If we interpreted $0!$ as conforming to the scheme from (1), though, the result would be $0! = 0$, which goes against the tradition. Instead, take $0!$ to be the empty case of the factorial function, or then the case in which nothing is being multiplied down towards $1$ (by contrast, $1! = 1$ is the trivial case of the function). Interpreted in ...

Jun 21, 2015 · The subfactorial function is defined as: $$!n = n!\sum_{i=0}^n\dfrac {(-1)^i} {i!}$$ I was curious and wanted to find out what $!0$ came out to be. Since I couldn't use it in the sum above, I used a different method by figuring out $!1$ first and using $!n = !(n-1)n-1$. It turned out, that if you plugged in $0$ for this, you got $2$.

Jul 2, 2016 · $\begingroup$ If you'd define factorial n = product [1 .. n] in Haskell, then factorial 0 == product [1 .. 0] == product [] == 1. In this view, the value of $0!$ is $1$ because that's the identity element of the monoid formed by the natural numbers under multiplication. $\endgroup$ –

Jan 15, 2016 · Using the definition. The definition of factorial n says that factorial of zero is 1 (see reference below). In this way, $0!=1$ is a definition and is not an argument to be proved or disproved. The second approach is to use combinatorial arguments (e.g. @Clarinetist answer) or using other known relations such as the Gamma function.

The factorial of $0: 0! = 1$ The prime factor presentation of unity, which has no prime factors;

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