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Let $f(n)$ be the minimal $m$ such that \[n! = a_1\cdots a_k\] with $n< a_1<\cdots <a_k=m$. Is there (and what is it) a constant $c$ such that \[f(n)-2n \sim c\frac{n}{\log n}?\]
Erdős, Guy, and Selfridge [EGS82] have shown that \[f(n)-2n \asymp \frac{n}{\log n}.\]