I'm currently taking a class in number theory and that means working with large integers. Often these numbers are entered in a short notation, like: x = 52! or y=10^61-1. Mathematica immediately expands these short notations, but that means impractical large integers for printing or making tables.

I was wondering if there is a way to maintain the format the number was originally entered in. I couldn't find anything about it in the documentation.

For example:

x = 10!

Table[ . . . something with x . . . . ]

would result in x being printed as 10! instead of 3 628 800

Many thanks for your help.