Why zero factorial equals one. (TANTON Mathematics)

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Published on Mar 8, 2010

Why does 0! equal one? This is weird! Multiply together all the digits from one up to zero and get one???

This video explains simply why mathematicians choose (and it is a choice!) to set this illogical quantity as equal to one.

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