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Factorials galore (Posted on 2023-04-04) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Given

S(n)= 1*1!+2*2!+3*3!+4*4!+…n*(n)!

Evaluate S(100)

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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re: Puzzle Solution --- numeric verification Comment 2 of 2 |
(In reply to Puzzle Solution by K Sengupta)

term=sym(1);
S=term;
fact=sym(1); supp=S
for t=sym(2):100
  fact=fact*t;
  term=fact*sym(t);
  S=S+term;
end
supp= fact*sym(101)
S
supp

finds

>> factorialsGalore
S =
94259477598383594208516231244829367495623127947025437683278893534169775993162214   76503087861591808346911623490003549599583369706302603263999999999999999999999999

a 160-digit number, its two halves shown on separate lines.

supp =
94259477598383594208516231244829367495623127947025437683278893534169775993162214   76503087861591808346911623490003549599583369706302603264000000000000000000000000

which is 101! and indeed 1 higher than S.

  Posted by Charlie on 2023-04-04 13:32:26
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