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Brocard's problem

Brocard's problem proper noun: the problem of finding integer values of n and m for which n!+1=m², where n! is the factorial.

Proper noun

Brocard's problem

  1. The problem of finding integer values of n and m for which n!+1=m², where n! is the factorial.

Origin of Brocard's problem

It was posed by Henri Brocard in a pair of articles in 1876 and 1885.

Questions about Brocard's problem

What does Brocard's problem mean?
Brocard's problem means the problem of finding integer values of n and m for which n!+1=m², where n! is the factorial.
What part of speech is Brocard's problem?
Brocard's problem is a proper noun.

Words near Brocard's problem in the dictionary

  1. Brocard point
  2. Brocard points
  3. Brocard triangle
  4. Brocard triangles
  5. Brocard's conjecture
  6. Brocard's problem
  7. Brocardian
  8. brocardic
  9. brocards
  10. Brocas
  11. brocast

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