Wednesday, 9 January 2013

elementary number theory - Division of Factorials



I have a partition of a positive integer (p). How can I prove that the factorial of p can always be divided by the product of the factorials of the parts?



As a quick example 9!(2!3!4!)=1260 (no remainder), where 9=2+3+4.




I can nearly see it by looking at factors, but I can't see a way to guarantee it.


Answer



The key observation is that the product of n consecutive integers is divisible by n!. This can be proved by induction.


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