Metamath Proof Explorer


Definition df-fallfac

Description: Define the falling factorial function. This is the function ( A x. ( A - 1 ) x. ... ( A - N ) ) for complex A and nonnegative integers N . (Contributed by Scott Fenton, 5-Jan-2018)

Ref Expression
Assertion df-fallfac ⊢ FallFac = x ∈ ℂ , n ∈ ℕ 0 ⟼ ∏ k = 0 n − 1 x − k

Detailed syntax breakdown

Step Hyp Ref Expression
0 cfallfac class FallFac
1 vx setvar x
2 cc class ℂ
3 vn setvar n
4 cn0 class ℕ 0
5 vk setvar k
6 cc0 class 0
7 cfz class …
8 3 cv setvar n
9 cmin class −
10 c1 class 1
11 8 10 9 co class n − 1
12 6 11 7 co class 0 … n − 1
13 1 cv setvar x
14 5 cv setvar k
15 13 14 9 co class x − k
16 12 15 5 cprod class ∏ k = 0 n − 1 x − k
17 1 3 2 4 16 cmpo class x ∈ ℂ , n ∈ ℕ 0 ⟼ ∏ k = 0 n − 1 x − k
18 0 17 wceq wff FallFac = x ∈ ℂ , n ∈ ℕ 0 ⟼ ∏ k = 0 n − 1 x − k