tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post7993323618222298801..comments2024-03-27T21:09:44.320+00:00Comments on Pat'sBlog: Notes on the History of the FactorialUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-83927321361039464512021-10-17T21:27:28.826+01:002021-10-17T21:27:28.826+01:00Hi! If you're still updating THIS blog, I move...Hi! If you're still updating THIS blog, I moved that blog post (and the rest of that blog) here: https://cliocorvid.com/mathematics/other-mathematics/the-history-of-factorials-kramp/<br /><br />... and I'm going by Clio Hartzer these days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793800623462115794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-62345836737321592852020-08-30T08:50:36.207+01:002020-08-30T08:50:36.207+01:00There is more than one volume, not just one book w...There is more than one volume, not just one book written by D. E. Knuth with the title "The Art of Computer Programming." There are four volumes. It is volume 2, subtitled "Seminumerical Algorithms", that mentions the Sefer Yetsirah ('Hebrew book of creation') as having an example of the factorial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-90744375451133975872020-07-04T05:53:29.633+01:002020-07-04T05:53:29.633+01:00Hi pat
You may not know but jarret's symbol is...Hi pat<br />You may not know but jarret's symbol is still used to this day in Arabic mathematics the L for factorial<br />We never use the exclamation mark(!) Abdelrahmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877098074485317120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-45234487738255753052014-01-14T19:20:09.932+00:002014-01-14T19:20:09.932+00:00.mau,
Would love to have a scan if you can do tha....mau,<br /><br />Would love to have a scan if you can do that. You could send to ballewpat at googlemail dot com<br /><br />I would be very grateful.Pat's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234744401613958081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-40691013068492914242014-01-14T18:16:26.753+00:002014-01-14T18:16:26.753+00:00Hi Pat,
I found the L notation for the factorial i...Hi Pat,<br />I found the L notation for the factorial in the book <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4657521-the-math-entertainer" rel="nofollow">The Math Entertainer</a></i>, which is dated 1959 (I have the 1983 reprint, if you are interested I may scan a page where Heafford talks about the two symbols).mau.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09641196427325175260noreply@blogger.com