Re: Trying to recursively define a double factorial
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- Subject: [mg126534] Re: Trying to recursively define a double factorial
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 04:11:56 -0400 (EDT)
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You don't need to do it at all, since Mathematica already has Factorial2
built in.
Bobby
On Wed, 16 May 2012 03:20:52 -0500, Jorge Cantu <monsterbone at msn.com>
wrote:
> 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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- Trying to recursively define a double factorial
- From: Jorge Cantu <monsterbone@msn.com>
- Trying to recursively define a double factorial