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ERIC Number: EJ615581
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Publication Date: 2000
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Calculating Factorials Then and Now.
Coates, Geoff
Australian Mathematics Teacher, v56 n3 p42-44 Aug 2000
Discusses the mistakes of Kirschner, the German philosopher and mathematician, in calculating factorials of large numbers by hand in the 1600s. Uses computer technology to calculate those numbers now. (ASK)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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