IMSL_BINOMIALCOEF

The IMSL_BINOMIALCOEF function evaluates the binomial coefficient.

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The binomial function is defined to be:

with n ≥ m ≥ 0. Also, n must not be so large that the function overflows.

Examples

Example 1

In this example:

is computed and printed.

n = 9

m = 5

ans = IMSL_BINOMIALCOEF(n, m)

PRINT, 'binomial coefficient =', ans

 

binomial coefficient = 126.000

Syntax

Result = IMSL_BINOMIALCOEF(n, m [, /DOUBLE])

Return Value

The binomial coefficient:

is returned.

Arguments

m

Second parameter of the binomial coefficient. Parameter m must be nonnegative.

n

First parameter of the binomial coefficient. Parameter n must be nonnegative.

Keywords

DOUBLE

If present and nonzero, double precision is used.

Version History

6.4

Introduced
   

See Also

 

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