Re: [Rd] choose fails a fundamental property of binomial coefficients (PR#11035)

2008-03-26 Thread maechler
> "MM" == Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:02:37 +0100 (CET) writes: > "JL" == Jerry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:10:04 +0100 (CET) writes: JL> Full_Name: Jerry W. Lewis Version: 2.7.0 (2008-03-23 JL> r44847) OS

Re: [Rd] choose fails a fundamental property of binomial coefficients (PR#11035)

2008-03-26 Thread maechler
> "JL" == Jerry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:10:04 +0100 (CET) writes: JL> Full_Name: Jerry W. Lewis Version: 2.7.0 (2008-03-23 JL> r44847) OS: Windows XP Professional Submission from: JL> (NULL) (71.184.230.48) JL> choose(n,k) = choose(n,n-k) is

[Rd] choose fails a fundamental property of binomial coefficients (PR#11035)

2008-03-26 Thread Jerry . Lewis
Full_Name: Jerry W. Lewis Version: 2.7.0 (2008-03-23 r44847) OS: Windows XP Professional Submission from: (NULL) (71.184.230.48) choose(n,k) = choose(n,n-k) is not satisfied if either 1. n is a negative integer with k a positive integer (due to automatically returning 0 for n-k<0) 2. n is not a