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Semi-Factorial Skipping Every $k^\text{th}$ Number

For an integer $n$, the semi-factorial $n!!$ can be defined as $$ n!! = n(n-2)(n-4)\cdots $$ In other words, the semi-factorial of $n$ is the familiar factorial, but with every other term omitted. For ...
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Is there a standard name or shorthand for “plustorial”? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is the term for a factorial type operation, but with summation instead of products? We're all familiar with factorial: $$n>0,\quad n! = n \times (n-1) \times ...
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How do I describe the growth of something that scales by a factorial?

I just wrote a blog post and wasn't sure how to word a particular sentence. Say I have the following function: \begin{equation} f(x) = x^2 \end{equation} Then I can say that the value of f(x) grows ...