The factorial function provides a good example of how the fixed point combinator may be applied to functions of two variables.
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Where \ Gamma ( z ) is the gamma function, a generalization of the factorial function to non-integer values.
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In general, the complexity of this method grows as the factorial function, which is going to become infeasible very quickly.
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Yes, the generalized factorial function, extended to all complex numbers ( validly ) by Euler, save for negative integers.
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The factorial function can also be defined for non-integer values using more advanced mathematics, detailed in the Maple or Mathematica.
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Now, to perform our recursive call to the factorial function, we would simply call ( "'Y "'
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This example is the bytecode listing of the factorial function defined above ( as shown by the luac 5.1 compiler ):
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After the 1800s, Christian Kramp would promote factorial notation during his research in generalized factorial function which applied to non-integers.
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For example, the factorial function in SKILL may be represented several different ways which are all compiled to the identical internal representation.
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:When you're working with natural numbers, it's best to think of the factorial function as counting permutations.
