I'm interested in algorithms to quickly compute the inverse factorial.
I've noted that large factorials have a unique number of digits. How can I use this fact to quickly compute the factorial? Is there a formula,
n = f(n!) = #digits( (n!) )?
I'm mostly interested in the case where we know our input is correct. But, error checking for values that are not factorials would be a bonus. (Perhaps, someone has thought of a way to do the inverse gamma function quickly?)
I'm interested in inputs that have over a million digits, so simply dividing 1,2,3,...,n will not work.
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