%I #21 Mar 18 2013 15:28:31
%S 2,2,3,4,6,8,11,15,18,23,27,33,38,44,51,58,65,73,81,90,100,109,120,
%T 130,141,153,165,178,191,204,218,233,247,263,279,295,312,329,347,365,
%U 383,402,422,442,462,483,505,527,549,572,595,619,643,668,693,719,745
%N Smallest k such that k! > A000178(n) (the superfactorials).
%H Eric W. Weisstein, <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Factorial.html">Mathworld: Factorial</a>
%H Eric W. Weisstein, <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Superfactorial.html">Mathworld: Superfactorial</a>
%H Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial">Factorial</a>
%e SF(4) = 4!*3!*2!*1! = 288, and 5! < 288 < 6! so a(4)=6.
%t a[n_] := Block[{ff = Product[k!, {k, n}], k = 1}, While[k! <= ff, k++]; k]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 60}] (* _Giovanni Resta_, Mar 18 2013 *)
%o (JavaScript)
%o function factorial(n) {
%o var i,c=1;
%o for (i=2;i<=n;i++) c*=i;
%o return c;
%o }
%o k=1;
%o m=1;
%o for (i=2;i<30;i++) {
%o k*=factorial(i);
%o while (factorial(m)<=k) m++;
%o document.write(m+", ");
%o }
%Y Cf. A000142, A000178.
%K nonn
%O 0,1
%A _Jon Perry_, Mar 17 2013
%E a(27)-a(56) from _Giovanni Resta_, Mar 18 2013
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