kj wrote:
Before I go off to re-invent a thoroughly invented wheel, I thought
I'd ask around for some existing module for computing binomial
coefficient, hypergeometric coefficients, and other factorial-based
combinatorial indices. I'm looking for something that can handle
fairly large factorials (on the order of 10000!), using floating-point
approximations as needed, and is smart about optimizations,
memoizations, etc.
TIA!
~K
You do realize that a standard. python floating point number cannot
possibly approximate a number like 10000! Better use longs.
I'd check out the gamma function, which matches factorial for integer
arguments (plus or minus 1).
DaveA
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