Documentation/How Tos/Calc: FACTDOUBLE function

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FACTDOUBLE

Returns the double factorial of a number.


Syntax:

FACTDOUBLE(number)

returns number!!, the double factorial of number, where number is an integer greater than or equal to zero.
For even numbers FACTDOUBLE(number) returns:
2*4*6*8* ... *number
For odd numbers FACTDOUBLE(number) returns:
1*3*5*7* ... *number
FACTDOUBLE(0) returns 1 by definition.


Example:

FACTDOUBLE(5)

returns 15.

FACTDOUBLE(6)

returns 48.

FACTDOUBLE(0)

returns 1.


See also:

FACT, MULTINOMIAL, PRODUCT

Mathematical functions

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