To find the number of digits in 2015!, we use the formula for the number of digits of a factorial, which is given by:
Number of digits of n!=⌊log10(n!)⌋+1
Using Stirling's approximation for n!:
n!≈2πn(en)n
Taking the logarithm base 10 of both sides:
log10(n!)≈log10(2πn)+log10((en)n)
log10(n!)≈log10(2πn)+nlog10(en)
log10(n!)≈21log10(2πn)+nlog10(n)−nlog10(e)
log10(n!)≈21log10(2π)+21log10(n)+nlog10(n)−nlog10(e)
For n=2015:
log10(2015!)≈21log10(2π)+21log10(2015)+2015log10(2015)−2015log10(e)
Calculating each term separately:
21log10(2π)≈21log10(6.2832)≈21×0.798≈0.399
21log10(2015)≈21×3.304≈1.652
2015log10(2015)≈2015×3.304≈6659.36
2015log10(e)≈2015×0.434≈874.51
Adding these together:
log10(2015!)≈0.399+1.652+6659.36−874.51≈5786.901
The number of digits is:
⌊5786.901⌋+1=5786+1=5787
The final answer is 5787