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<p>In mathematics, <b>Legendre's formula</b> gives an expression for the exponent of the largest power of a <a href="page.php?w=Prime_number">prime</a> p that divides the <a href="page.php?w=factorial">factorial</a>&nbsp;n<nowiki>!</nowiki>.  It is named after <a href="page.php?w=Adrien-Marie_Legendre">Adrien-Marie Legendre</a>.  It is also sometimes known as <b>de Polignac's formula</b>, after  <a href="page.php?w=Alphonse_de_Polignac">Alphonse de Polignac</a>.</p>

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