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Factorial Recursion

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package com.thealgorithms.maths;

public class FactorialRecursion {

    /* Driver Code */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        assert factorial(0) == 1;
        assert factorial(1) == 1;
        assert factorial(2) == 2;
        assert factorial(3) == 6;
        assert factorial(5) == 120;
    }

    /**
     * Recursive FactorialRecursion Method
     *
     * @param n The number to factorial
     * @return The factorial of the number
     */
    public static long factorial(int n) {
        if (n < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("number is negative");
        }
        return n == 0 || n == 1 ? 1 : n * factorial(n - 1);
    }
}