Definition:Arabian Nights Factorial
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Definition
A fanciful name for $450!$ (factorial).
Historical Note
The factorial of $450$ was calculated by Horace Scudder Uhler in the $1950$s without the aid of a computer.
As he found it had exactly $1001$ digits, he called it the Arabian Nights factorial:
- The first digit of $450!$ falls in the $1001$th place to the left of the decimal point ... this number may be fancifully dubbed the Arabian Nights factorial.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $24$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $450!$