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D.2.3.4 binomial

Procedure from library general.lib (see general_lib).

Usage:
binomial(n,k); n,k integers

Return:
binomial(n,k); binomial coefficient n choose k

Example:
 
LIB "general.lib";
binomial(200,100);"";                 //type bigint
==> 90548514656103281165404177077484163874504589675413336841320
==> 
int n,k = 200,100;
bigint b1 = binomial(n,k);
ring r = 0,x,dp;
poly b2 = coeffs((x+1)^n,x)[k+1,1];  //coefficient of x^k in (x+1)^n
b1-b2;                               //b1 and b2 should coincide
==> 0