binomial

(function for equations)

 

Usage:

binomial (n, k)

Definition:

n! / (k! * (n-k)!)

Required:

0kn     n and k are integers

Returns the binomial coefficient (n k).  

This is the number of different k-sized groups that can be drawn from a set of n distinct elements.  

See also the multinomial function.

BinomialDist is the binomial probability distribution, which is based on the binomial coefficient.