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Erdős problem 373

Show that the equation n!=a_1!a_2!···a_k!, with n−1 > a_1 ≥ a_2 ≥ ··· ≥ a_k, has only finitely many solutions.

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Surányi was the first to conjecture that the only non-trivial solution to a!b!=n! is 6!7!=10!.

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{(n, a, b) | n.factorial = a.factorial * b.factorial ∧ 1 < n ∧ 1 < a ∧ 1 < b ∧ b ≤ a ∧ a + 1 ≠ n} = {(10, 7, 6)}
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