How do you simplify (2n!) / (n!)?

1 Answer
Jul 2, 2016

(2n!) / (n!) = prod_{k=n+1} ^{k=2n}k

Explanation:

Suppose that we need

(8!)/(4!) = (1 cdot 2 cdot 3 cdot 4 cdot 5 cdot 6 cdot 7 cdot 8)/(1 cdot 2 cdot 3 cdot 4) = 5 cdot 6 cdot 7 cdot 8

then

(2n!) / (n!) = prod_{k=n+1} ^{k=2n}k