class SimpleFactorial { public static long factorial(long n) { return n < 2 ? 1 : n * factorial(n-1); } public static void main(String args[]) { for (long i = 1; i <= 25; i++) { System.out.println(i + "! = " + factorial(i)); } } } /* output: incorrect results starting with 21! 1! = 1 2! = 2 3! = 6 4! = 24 5! = 120 6! = 720 7! = 5040 8! = 40320 9! = 362880 10! = 3628800 11! = 39916800 12! = 479001600 13! = 6227020800 14! = 87178291200 15! = 1307674368000 16! = 20922789888000 17! = 355687428096000 18! = 6402373705728000 19! = 121645100408832000 20! = 2432902008176640000 21! = -4249290049419214848 22! = -1250660718674968576 23! = 8128291617894825984 24! = -7835185981329244160 25! = 7034535277573963776 */