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From: grue@cs.uq.oz.au (Frobozz)
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Subject: Re: COMB(X,Y) function on 48sx
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Date: 26 Jun 91 00:35:41 GMT
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In <1991Jun25.191006.4983@schaefer.math.wisc.edu> mueller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Carl Mueller) writes:

]>I find it suprizing that HP restricted the domain of COMB(n,r) such that
]>n is a positive integer rather than a real.
]>
]Well, I'd say HP did the right thing.  Most people who use the COMB function
]are using it in its usual sense.  Thus the 48 SHOULD indicate that something
]is wrong if it is being fed negative or fractional values as input. If you want
]the extended version, you can program it yourself.

Then why did they include the gamma function instead of a simple factorial?


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