function [ n_data, n, fn ] = r8_factorial_values ( n_data ) %*****************************************************************************80 % %% R8_FACTORIAL_VALUES returns values of the real factorial function. % % Discussion: % % 0! = 1 % I! = Product ( 1 <= J <= I ) J % % Although the factorial is an integer valued function, it quickly % becomes too large for an integer to hold. This routine still accepts % an integer as the input argument, but returns the function value % as a real number. % % In Mathematica, the function can be evaluated by: % % n! % % Licensing: % % This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license. % % Modified: % % 29 September 2004 % % Author: % % John Burkardt % % Reference: % % Milton Abramowitz and Irene Stegun, % Handbook of Mathematical Functions, % US Department of Commerce, 1964. % % Stephen Wolfram, % The Mathematica Book, % Fourth Edition, % Wolfram Media / Cambridge University Press, 1999. % % Parameters: % % Input/output, integer N_DATA. The user sets N_DATA to 0 before the % first call. On each call, the routine increments N_DATA by 1, and % returns the corresponding data; when there is no more data, the % output value of N_DATA will be 0 again. % % Output, integer N, the argument of the function. % % Output, real FN, the value of the function. % n_max = 25; fn_vec = [ ... 0.1000000000000000E+01, ... 0.1000000000000000E+01, ... 0.2000000000000000E+01, ... 0.6000000000000000E+01, ... 0.2400000000000000E+02, ... 0.1200000000000000E+03, ... 0.7200000000000000E+03, ... 0.5040000000000000E+04, ... 0.4032000000000000E+05, ... 0.3628800000000000E+06, ... 0.3628800000000000E+07, ... 0.3991680000000000E+08, ... 0.4790016000000000E+09, ... 0.6227020800000000E+10, ... 0.8717829120000000E+11, ... 0.1307674368000000E+13, ... 0.2092278988800000E+14, ... 0.3556874280960000E+15, ... 0.6402373705728000E+16, ... 0.1216451004088320E+18, ... 0.2432902008176640E+19, ... 0.1551121004333099E+26, ... 0.3041409320171338E+65, ... 0.9332621544394415E+158, ... 0.5713383956445855E+263 ]; n_vec = [ ... 0, ... 1, ... 2, ... 3, ... 4, ... 5, ... 6, ... 7, ... 8, ... 9, ... 10, ... 11, ... 12, ... 13, ... 14, ... 15, ... 16, ... 17, ... 18, ... 19, ... 20, ... 25, ... 50, ... 100, ... 150 ]; if ( n_data < 0 ) n_data = 0; end n_data = n_data + 1; if ( n_max < n_data ) n_data = 0; n = 0; fn = 0.0; else n = n_vec(n_data); fn = fn_vec(n_data); end return end