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ERIC Number: EJ615581
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0685
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)
Descriptors: Computation, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Number Concepts
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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