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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Prove that 0! = 1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Welcome to open study

OpenStudy (compassionate):

Hi, 0! = 1 is true simply by its "DEFINITION. "

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and if anybody proved it then he can win a nobel prize

OpenStudy (compassionate):

1 = 1! = 1 * 0!, hence dividing both sides by 1 yields 0! = 1.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its the base of mathematics

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok it is the result of Gamma function \[\Gamma[n+1)=n!\] when n=0 then \[\Gamma[1]=1\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

using the formula n! = (n-1)(n-2)(n-3)...*n

OpenStudy (anonymous):

n! = (n-1)(n-2)(n-3)...*1 not n

OpenStudy (anonymous):

typo

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if it was n then 0! = 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think we can use here Permutation...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We all know: \[\huge ^nP_r = \frac{n!}{(n-r)!}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So to find 0!, Put r = n here: \[\large ^nP_n = \frac{n!}{(n-n)!}\] As: \(^nP_n = n!\), So, \[\large n! = \frac{n!}{0!}\] Divide by n! both the sides, \[\large 1 = \frac{1}{0!}\] \[\implies \large \color{green}{0! = 1}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

n! = n(n-1)! 1! = 1(1-1)! 1 = 1(0!) 0! = 1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Many ways to prove...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Agree just a try for asking the first time

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay..

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