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binomial(RObject,RObject) -- binomial coefficient of R objects

Function: binomial
Usage:

binomial(n, k)
Inputs:
- n, a R object,
- k, a R object,
Outputs:
- an integer

Description

Compute the binomial coefficient of two R numeric vectors, calling R's choose.

i1 : binomial(RObject 4, RObject 2)

o1 = [1] 6

o1 : RObject of type double

One of the operands may be a Macaulay2 object. It will be converted to an RObject before the operation is performed.

See also

RObject ! -- factorial of an R object
Beta(RObject,RObject) -- beta function of R objects

Ways to use this method:

binomial(RObject,RObject) -- binomial coefficient of R objects
binomial(RObject,Thing)
binomial(Thing,RObject)

The source of this document is in RInterface/doc/special.m2:125:0.