Find all triples (a, b, c) of positive integers such that $a! +b! =c!$ Justify your answer.
How can I justify it, I seem cannot find a solution.
Find all triples (a, b, c) of positive integers such that $a! +b! =c!$ Justify your answer.
How can I justify it, I seem cannot find a solution.
$1!+1!=2!$ is the only solution because
if either $a\ge c$ or $b \ge c$ then $a!+b! >c!$
if $a<c$ and $b<c$
then we can use the fact that $n!>2(n-1)!$ for $n>2$
then for $n>2$ $$ a!+b! \le 2(c-1)! < c! $$