Timeline for Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts
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| Jul 31 at 9:30 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
http -> https (the question was bumped anyway)
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| Nov 5, 2019 at 9:09 | comment | added | Stian | @BKSpurgeon In case the hint is necessary for visitors (like me, but I got this one). $5! =5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1$ which means, even if you divide it by $2$ there is still $4$ as a factor. Trivially this is an even number. | |
| Feb 24, 2019 at 20:16 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | @BKSpurgeon The same reason any of these are amusing: the absurdity of using such elaborate reasoning to deduce such simple facts. | |
| Dec 1, 2018 at 18:45 | comment | added | BenKoshy | @Vim would you be able to elaborate, because i don't understand why this is chuckle-worthy? | |
| May 12, 2015 at 11:53 | comment | added | Vim | Can't stop chuckling now.. Oh no but I'm having a class ! | |
| Nov 9, 2012 at 19:32 | history | answered | Ramón Barral | CC BY-SA 3.0 |