On factorial reciprocals in Cantor sets

Kehao Lin, Yufeng Wu, Siyu Yang

Let $C$ be the middle-third Cantor set. We show that \[\left\{\frac{1}{n!}: n\in\mathbb{N}\right\}\cap C=\left\{1, \frac{1}{5!}\right\}.\] This answers a question recently posed by…