sothea hoeung Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Jan 12, 2012 #1 Prove that (n!)! is divisible by (n!)^(n-1)!
jedishrfu Mentor Insights Author Messages 15,780 Reaction score 10,656 Jan 12, 2012 #2 first try playing with n=2 then n=3 then n=4 and see if you can find a pattern and only evaluate the n! itself not everything to see the pattern (2!)! = 2! and (3!)! = 6! and (4!)!=24! vs (2!)^(1!)= 2^1 ... Next I think you need to use induction to prove it.
first try playing with n=2 then n=3 then n=4 and see if you can find a pattern and only evaluate the n! itself not everything to see the pattern (2!)! = 2! and (3!)! = 6! and (4!)!=24! vs (2!)^(1!)= 2^1 ... Next I think you need to use induction to prove it.
micromass Staff Emeritus Science Advisor Homework Helper Insights Author Messages 22,170 Reaction score 3,335 Jan 12, 2012 #3 Are you familiar with multinomial coefficients??