[EM] IRV ballot pile count

[robert bristow-johnson]

Warren tells me that

     C-1
     SUM{ C!/n! }
     n=1

has a closed form, but didn't tell me what it is.  does someone have  
the closed form for it?  i fiddled with it a little, and i can  
certainly see an asymptotic limit of

     (e-1)(C!)

as C gets large, but i don't see an exact closed form for it.  if  
someone has such a closed form, would you mind sharing it?


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