Problem 034
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Problem 034
Shouldn't the note say that 0! is 1 ?
After all it is just an arbitrary choice made by mathematicians (for good reasons), that a product over an empty set of elements is 1.
After all it is just an arbitrary choice made by mathematicians (for good reasons), that a product over an empty set of elements is 1.
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Re: Problem 034
Please don't start a new topic for a problem if there exists one already.
Personally I think the choice mathematicians made is not arbitrary, on the contrary.
Personally I think the choice mathematicians made is not arbitrary, on the contrary.

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