• Yozul@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    “!” in math is the factorial symbol, and 2 factorial is just 2 times 1, which is 2.

    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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      3 months ago

      Whereas != is commonly used in programming as “not equal to”.

      So the mathematician see two factorial equals two, which is true.

      The programmer sees two is not equal to two, which is not true.