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I understand that pure mathematics is not the primary use case. But I would
expect that math.comb() would be used to implement mathematical formulas.
As a simple example, the number of edges in a complete graph on n vertices
is binomial(n, 2), and this should be valid if n < 2. Polynomial
interpolation is another problem where this can occur. However, I do agree
that binomial coefficients with negative arguments are relatively
unimportant.
On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 8:59 PM Raymond Hettinger <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:
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> Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com> added the comment:
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> Here are a few other data points. There is no consensus but either
> returning 0 or erroring out seem reasonable.
>
> MS Excel's COMBIN: If number < 0, number_chosen < 0, or number <
> number_chosen, COMBIN returns the #NUM! error value.
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> Scipy.misc.comb: If k > N, N < 0, or k < 0, then a 0 is returned.
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> Matlib.nchoose: Error: K must an integer between 0 and N.
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> Maple.numbcomb: Unclear from the docs what this does
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> Wolfram alpha: Returns 0
> https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=10+choose+12
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2019-06-03 02:32:22 | David Radcliffe | set | recipients:
+ David Radcliffe, tim.peters, rhettinger, mark.dickinson, jwilk, steven.daprano, serhiy.storchaka, josh.r, pablogsal, kellerfuchs, FR4NKESTI3N |
2019-06-03 02:32:22 | David Radcliffe | link | issue35431 messages |
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