Left factorials: Difference between revisions

Alternative Rust solution
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!9000 has 31678 digits.
!10000 has 35656 digits.
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===Faster alternative===
This solution uses the arbitrary precision integers from the rug crate,
which uses GMP under the covers.
<lang rust>// [dependencies]
// rug = "1.9"
 
fn left_factorials() -> impl std::iter::Iterator<Item = rug::Integer> {
use rug::Integer;
let mut factorial = Integer::from(1);
let mut next = Integer::from(0);
let mut n = 1;
std::iter::from_fn(move || {
let result = next.clone();
next += &factorial;
factorial *= n;
n += 1;
Some(result)
})
}
 
fn main() {
let mut lf = left_factorials().take(10001).enumerate();
println!("Left factorials 0 through 10:");
for (i, n) in lf.by_ref().take(11) {
println!("!{} = {}", i, n);
}
println!("Left factorials 20 through 110, by tens:");
for (i, n) in lf.by_ref().take(100).skip(9).step_by(10) {
println!("!{} = {}", i, n);
}
println!("Lengths of left factorials 1000 through 10000, by thousands:");
for (i, n) in lf.skip(1000 - 111).step_by(1000) {
println!("length of !{} = {}", i, n.to_string().len());
}
}</lang>
 
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Left factorials 0 through 10:
!0 = 0
!1 = 1
!2 = 2
!3 = 4
!4 = 10
!5 = 34
!6 = 154
!7 = 874
!8 = 5914
!9 = 46234
!10 = 409114
Left factorials 20 through 110, by tens:
!20 = 128425485935180314
!30 = 9157958657951075573395300940314
!40 = 20935051082417771847631371547939998232420940314
!50 = 620960027832821612639424806694551108812720525606160920420940314
!60 = 141074930726669571000530822087000522211656242116439949000980378746128920420940314
!70 = 173639511802987526699717162409282876065556519849603157850853034644815111221599509216528920420940314
!80 = 906089587987695346534516804650290637694024830011956365184327674619752094289696314882008531991840922336528920420940314
!90 = 16695570072624210767034167688394623360733515163575864136345910335924039962404869510225723072235842668787507993136908442336528920420940314
!100 = 942786239765826579160595268206839381354754349601050974345395410407078230249590414458830117442618180732911203520208889371641659121356556442336528920420940314
!110 = 145722981061585297004706728001906071948635199234860720988658042536179281328615541936083296163475394237524337422204397431927131629058103519228197429698252556442336528920420940314
Lengths of left factorials 1000 through 10000, by thousands:
length of !1000 = 2565
length of !2000 = 5733
length of !3000 = 9128
length of !4000 = 12670
length of !5000 = 16322
length of !6000 = 20062
length of !7000 = 23875
length of !8000 = 27749
length of !9000 = 31678
length of !10000 = 35656
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