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If you have n! in binary, count the number of zeros at the end of its binary expansion and call this count k. The number k+1 approximates n relatively closely
by panic 12y ago
If you have n! in binary, count the number of zeros at the end of its binary expansion and call this count k. The number k+1 approximates n relatively closely (the error n-k is the number of ones in n's binary expansion—see http://www.cut-the-knot.org/blue/LegendresTheorem.shtml http://www.cut-the-knot.org/blue/LegendresTheorem.shtml).