8. Find all integers m,n,k greater than 1 such that 1!+2!+⋯+m!=nk.
A number or a short expression. Spacing, $ signs and \frac vs / are all fine.
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8. Solution: First, we prove that when m⩾8, it must be that k=2. It is known that 1!+2!+⋯+8! has a factor of 32, but not a factor of 33. Since 9!, 10!, etc., all contain powers of 3 greater than 3, when m⩾8, 1!+2!+⋯+m! has a factor of 32, but not a factor of 33. Therefore, k=2. Thus, the problem is reduced to Example 7 (the difference being that in this problem, the letters take values greater than 1), from which we can deduce that m=n=3.
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