what is the value of i factorial? "I" belongs to the complex number system. Thanks for helping me out with this problem.
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The Gamma function gives $$ \Gamma (1+i)=i\Gamma (i)\approx 0.498-0.155i $$ However, only for integers we have $\Gamma(n+1)=n!$. Nevertheless one may view this as a generalization of factorial. The question has already been answered in great detail in this sense here. There is also a duplicate at MSE:
Dietrich Burde
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In mathematics, the factorial of "$\text{a non-negative integer}$" $n$, denoted by $n!$, is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to $n$.
That is, $n\in \textbf Z$ only. It is not defined for complex numbers. Complex numbers are out of the factorial function's domain.
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Some definitions of the factorial allow complex arguments, using the identity $z!:=\Gamma(z+1)$. – Jun 22 '18 at 12:54