How do I know ? Because the factorial operation (denoted by '!') is only defined for integers. The calculation is nonsense, since the denominator for the ratio is undefined.
Factorial is defined only for
positive integers. There is, of course, the gamma function which equals (N-1)! for all positive integer N and is analytic everywhere in the complex plane except 0 and the negative integers. But I bet the gamma function is far beyond Jerry's abilities.
ABE: Of course, the exclamation point is never used to indicate gamma(x), so it's not possible that Jerry really meant gamma(1.6).
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