What does the symbol for factorial function (n!) mean?

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What does the symbol for factorial function (n!)
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It means to multiply a series of descending natural numbers.

Explanation:

Fuechter answered Sep 17, 2019

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n! means multiply the number by every number less than n

example 5! means 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1

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