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Trying to recursively define a double factorial

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• Subject: [mg126507] Trying to recursively define a double factorial
• From: Jorge Cantu <monsterbone at msn.com>
• Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 04:20:52 -0400 (EDT)
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My goal here is to define a recursive function for a double factorial.  The domain of this function is the set of positive integers.  For a positive even integer  n  the value DF[n] is the product of all positive even integers which are  <n.  For a positive odd integer   n   the value DF[n] is the product of all positive odd integers which are <n.  

I wanna make a recursive function of this double factorial without If(and other similar statements). Here is my work so far:


Clear[MyF1, n];
MyF1[1] = 1;
MyF1[n_Integer] /; (n > 0) := MyF1[n] = n*MyF1[n - 1]

Table[MyF1[k], {k, (*integer*), (*integer*)}]



               How do I do this?

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