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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Empty product (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | In mathematics, an empty product, or nullary product, is the result of multiplying no numbers. |
 | | Some examples of the use of the empty product in mathematics may be found at the following pages: binomial theorem, factorial, fundamental theorem of arithmetic, birthday paradox, Stirling number, König's theorem, binomial type, difference operator, Pochhammer symbol, proof that e is irrational, prime factor, binomial series, multiset. |
 | | for the empty set, because the empty sum is defined to be zero, and therefore the empty product must equal one. |
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