How do you simplify #1! + 2! + 3! +...+2007!#?

1 Answer
Jan 3, 2016

#sum_(n=1)^2007 (n!) ~~ 4.3067 xx 10^5758#

Explanation:

There is no factorial identity that is going to help you with this one, but you can ask a computer to calculate it for you (using Wolfram, Mathematica, etc.):

#sum_(n=1)^2007 (n!) =#

#43,067,483,829,623,961,638,366,972,205,#
#981,802,752,007,314,172,910,886,370,515,#
#671,037,192,243,177,689,895,234,663,758,#
#030,046,887,820,196,823,525,909,332,425,#
#169,515,742,353,485,626,028,181,445,858,#
#838,167,390,689,873,784,469,071,595,905,#
#271,356,685,607,377,027,406,996,208,062,#
#199,376,945,065,718,903,195,361,237,502,#
#664,131,238,353,701,933,946,645,947,597,#
#436,863,715,168,075,505,697,796,445,024,#
#078,056,694,292,870,381,672,101,138,135,#
#287,669,281,334,059,277,468,209,876,144,#
#283,221,900,663,446,407,198,843,441,871,#
#996,412,882,682,937,957,248,618,348,357,#
#254,817,357,809,695,538,625,381,271,502,#
#157,631,830,102,251,253,739,721,556,947,#
#604,189,426,030,721,580,051,641,743,410,#
#653,099,348,026,410,960,458,670,597,339,#
#074,521,048,665,821,170,596,818,073,500,#
#181,073,763,329,121,135,437,458,124,802,#

#299,919,750,891,825,407,617,821,890,872,#
#802,030,694,851,391,780,979,178,782,252,#
#336,776,631,229,474,449,881,635,721,322,#
#626,361,401,031,096,542,098,210,004,735,#
#289,115,710,287,530,607,613,529,622,146,#
#867,133,387,338,891,407,878,071,624,630,#
#548,392,227,400,885,434,342,989,254,469,#
#627,664,300,295,821,808,861,760,574,813,#
#441,065,796,454,681,791,322,046,330,661,#
#163,648,779,522,030,110,552,545,799,511,#
#453,568,336,369,961,428,837,554,767,129,#
#450,200,460,762,962,773,726,684,527,342,#
#725,164,681,146,296,392,533,590,637,972,#
#521,704,191,682,120,041,210,355,904,625,#
#373,464,953,457,911,715,433,531,638,591,#
#846,482,115,563,091,190,304,578,052,931,#
#482,810,984,724,282,410,726,681,480,621,#
#032,443,636,525,128,558,426,622,190,598,#
#372,418,883,517,974,112,435,530,091,476,#
#783,905,407,578,088,337,823,159,369,549,#

#292,296,870,465,399,091,150,285,813,083,#
#800,978,643,847,470,129,044,127,991,277,#
#220,225,949,339,464,663,111,589,281,978,#
#157,433,879,922,845,386,737,932,025,193,#
#783,110,663,207,002,985,168,369,557,675,#
#700,295,977,480,092,236,320,830,557,145,#
#350,815,462,294,175,680,403,064,804,368,#
#304,946,294,125,698,816,696,210,663,629,#
#255,721,318,309,625,286,186,993,012,132,#
#150,421,985,949,546,142,775,134,166,507,#
#015,369,633,205,201,845,817,701,065,288,#
#947,040,074,802,439,903,617,532,386,258,#
#574,265,270,528,737,337,069,216,436,613,#
#367,204,727,149,666,546,289,994,379,249,#
#975,371,986,296,264,522,893,753,892,187,#
#380,364,481,714,057,286,916,071,983,739,#
#648,447,913,547,145,636,536,430,669,688,#
#022,330,659,945,325,260,019,241,093,371,#
#567,311,598,381,742,040,426,748,338,767,#
#496,821,753,748,456,396,523,410,928,733,#

#626,948,435,340,841,294,061,270,778,873,#
#179,775,443,505,173,502,512,011,563,511,#
#771,228,435,865,415,819,025,245,843,310,#
#990,530,075,324,867,669,886,756,433,699,#
#296,399,487,095,239,845,507,519,176,495,#
#326,556,049,375,911,875,465,788,378,627,#
#411,072,614,662,518,923,389,374,259,028,#
#134,090,843,489,524,241,492,012,190,093,#
#088,703,220,222,668,218,572,181,653,958,#
#688,131,963,105,300,508,083,202,502,419,#
#504,631,652,051,404,042,103,199,278,985,#
#409,429,660,323,039,929,561,775,991,291,#
#560,136,576,527,461,455,356,428,548,478,#
#297,322,235,986,770,610,210,519,588,910,#
#928,017,202,311,596,013,180,253,107,055,#
#009,471,919,967,743,791,412,740,617,714,#
#180,944,295,946,805,135,430,451,745,671,#
#855,964,298,110,133,425,281,174,172,862,#
#486,100,837,779,710,507,294,053,969,606,#
#467,939,433,473,569,154,987,696,962,638,#

#225,463,149,504,382,550,471,839,372,898,#
#418,866,302,803,120,240,979,390,834,524,#
#860,542,741,200,576,316,764,624,861,722,#
#308,434,333,104,582,642,760,955,926,339,#
#150,838,186,906,527,491,727,006,671,380,#
#616,397,242,510,381,497,585,166,865,187,#
#394,057,507,632,047,084,732,626,448,365,#
#967,574,256,333,031,613,559,229,911,347,#
#243,990,775,447,342,469,229,120,871,228,#
#818,014,773,345,462,625,159,576,789,247,#
#744,898,854,122,858,219,716,088,712,617,#
#550,051,695,465,802,145,186,870,137,976,#
#781,984,989,215,132,017,912,589,347,233,#
#770,956,711,578,592,531,881,612,354,869,#
#407,359,278,193,086,953,719,823,387,292,#
#735,855,914,779,675,675,671,446,615,287,#
#015,450,821,641,359,933,376,992,676,118,#
#055,101,101,051,110,644,286,961,500,489,#
#297,203,700,805,785,521,223,014,711,159,#
#355,860,776,113,389,829,302,561,350,891,#

#651,128,384,992,751,546,940,663,031,720,#
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#751,834,581,078,379,752,718,331,773,726,#
#490,320,179,632,680,993,000,028,574,028,#
#458,057,669,968,742,208,102,974,101,072,#
#453,500,723,389,444,125,730,323,893,226,#
#941,177,969,916,885,381,111,178,587,812,#
#075,564,286,080,362,431,192,490,922,418,#
#592,711,933,835,862,323,938,393,479,065,#
#264,265,726,277,509,905,610,631,737,776,#
#445,577,774,824,223,858,477,481,497,646,#
#799,767,699,186,705,813,142,837,487,946,#
#974,635,397,089,221,484,899,932,659,508,#
#885,249,876,439,053,840,031,240,374,448,#
#335,690,878,575,682,713,905,464,065,688,#
#143,406,406,862,676,583,529,400,969,563,#
#322,577,466,222,415,830,840,983,444,853,#
#596,462,892,469,995,262,235,420,313,850,#
#827,950,409,474,023,389,305,391,030,729,#
#495,202,285,164,841,449,153,204,497,691,#

#871,943,342,079,108,024,172,330,280,389,#
#115,177,543,826,363,628,391,337,101,247,#
#901,972,233,052,112,250,028,222,369,235,#
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#428,971,200,501,910,447,244,200,554,026,#
#922,191,587,129,824,233,287,537,275,027,#
#358,742,399,326,272,879,949,083,551,397,#
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#221,096,092,545,841,484,188,090,706,544,#
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#135,147,904,822,893,610,348,818,037,833,#
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#351,143,623,222,859,092,432,086,076,251,#
#166,934,397,753,607,142,303,123,697,449,#
#500,478,164,059,694,670,284,189,842,637,#
#840,169,303,089,677,512,608,701,464,344,#
#613,565,925,010,314,725,694,446,370,113,#
#831,902,590,863,825,118,442,697,989,263,#

#085,428,088,406,989,871,127,187,279,450,#
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#952,544,407,979,517,701,139,501,230,325,#
#170,685,307,140,382,354,643,613,128,281,#

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#827,677,548,449,306,681,397,552,694,707,#
#427,117,631,406,144,007,450,882,969,740,#

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