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Highest power of 2 not exceeding n!.
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%I #15 Sep 08 2022 08:45:05

%S 0,0,1,2,4,6,9,12,15,18,21,25,28,32,36,40,44,48,52,56,61,65,69,74,79,

%T 83,88,93,97,102,107,112,117,122,127,132,138,143,148,153,159,164,169,

%U 175,180,186,191,197,202,208,214,219,225,231,237,242,248,254,260,266

%N Highest power of 2 not exceeding n!.

%C 2^a(n) <= n! < 2^[a(n)+1]

%H Amiram Eldar, <a href="/A067850/b067850.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000</a>

%F floor(log[2](n!)). - _Vladeta Jovovic_, Feb 18 2002

%t f[n_] := Block[{k = 0}, While[2^k <= n!, k++ ]; k--; k]; Table[ f[n], {n, 0, 60} ]

%o (Magma) [Floor(Log(2,Factorial(k))):k in [0..60]]; // _Marius A. Burtea_, Nov 06 2019

%Y Cf. A000142.

%Y Cf. A003070 (minimum number of bits to represent n!)

%K nonn

%O 0,4

%A _Lekraj Beedassy_, Feb 15 2002

%E Edited and extended by _Robert G. Wilson v_, Feb 16 2002