Tricky question about... a infinite reduced row echelon matrix

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Let's say I want to write the polynomial function $p(x)$ that passes the points $(1,1!)$, $(2,2!)$, $\ldots$, $(n,n!)$, that will be of the form $p(x) = a_0 + a_1x + a_2x^2 + \ldots + a_nx^n$. What I need to do is to set is the system of equations $$ \begin{cases} a_0 + a_1 + a_2 + \ldots + a_n = 1! \\ a_0 + 2a_1 + 4a_2 + \ldots + 2^na_n = 2! \\ \vdots \\ a_0 + na_1 + n^2a_2 + \ldots + n^na_n = n! \end{cases} $$ I can just consider the augmented matrix $$ \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 & \ldots & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 2 & 4 & \ldots & 2^n & 2 \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots & \vdots \\ 1 & n-1 & (n-1)^2 & \ldots & (n-1)^n & (n-1)! \\ 1 & n & n^2 & \ldots & n^n & n! \end{bmatrix} $$ and apply the Gaussian elimination. What I would want to know is if $\lim\limits_{n \to +\infty}{a_n}$ exists, so if the $n$-th coefficient of the polynomial $p(x)$ converges to something, if is ever possible to know that.