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Factorionids (Posted on 2010-08-28) Difficulty: 2 of 5
A factorion is a natural number that equals the sum of the factorials of its decimal digits. There are only four factorions in base 10 and they are 1, 2, 145 and 40585.
  • 1     = 1!
  • 2     = 2!
  • 145   = 1! + 4! + 5!
  • 40585 = 4! + 0! + 5! + 8! + 5!

Let us define a factorionid as a factorion-like number which is a member of any of the factorial-like functions. Let us also define a double factorion as a factorionid of the double factorials, a triple factorion as a factorionid of the triple factorials, and a subfactorion as a factorionid of the subfactorials.
Of these three factorionidic groups, which group has the most members? What is the largest factorionid of this group? And, of the three groups, what is the largest factorionid?

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Of the three groups, the triple factorials have eight factorionids, the largest of which is 84. The largest factorionid of the double factorials is 107. The largest factorionid of the subfactorions is also the largest of the three groups. This subfactorion is 148349.

1 = 1!! = 1!!!
2 = 2!! = 2!!!
3 = 3!! = 3!!!
4 = 4!!!
81 = 8!!! + 1!!! = [80 + 1]
82 = 8!!! + 2!!! = [80 + 2]
83 = 8!!! + 3!!! = [80 + 3]
84 = 8!!! + 4!!! = [80 + 4]
107 = 1!! + 0!! + 7!! = [1 + 1 + 105]
148349 = !1 + !4 + !8 + !3 + !4 + !9
       = [1 + 9 + 14833 + 2 + 9 + 133496]

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  Subject Author Date
extended subfactorialDaniel2010-08-29 05:08:32
extended factorialDaniel2010-08-29 02:52:05
solutionJustin2010-08-28 22:24:05
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