Programming with infinite arrays: Factorial

Here we give an example of programming with infinite arrays. We take the well-known factorial function, and calculate using tournament computation. The TransLucid source code is found below.

We build an array f which varies with respect to dimensions t and d, effectively creating a computation tree. For example, to compute the factorial of 3, the variable f becomes

    d
  t 1 1 2 3 1 1 ...
    1 6 1 1 1 1 ...
    6 1 1 1 1 1 ...

and the answer is 6, picked up when t=2 and d=0.

Similarly, for the factorial of 6, f becomes

      d
  t   1   1   2   3   4   5   6   1   1 ...
      1   6  20   6   1   1   1   1   1 ...
      6 120   1   1   1   1   1   1   1 ...
    720   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1 ...

and the answer is 720, picked up when t=3 and d=0.

When t = 0, the value of f is a d-stream such that f is the current d-index if it is between 1 to n, and 1 otherwise. When t > 0, the value of f is a d-stream such that f is the product of pairs from the (t-1) d-stream.

fun fact.n = f
where
  dim d <- 0 ;;
  var f = tournamentOp₁.d.n.times (default₁.d.1.n.1 (#!d)) ;;
end ;;
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