Generate binomial table
Very simple function to generate a table of all possible binomial coefficients below a cut off
You are now following this Submission
- You will see updates in your followed content feed
- You may receive emails, depending on your communication preferences
Uses a recursion relation to generate all the binomial coefficients nchoosek(n,k) for a range n<=nmax, k<= n. This is much faster than using nchoosek to make this table.
The idea of this function is to be used when you have to evaluate large sums involving binomial coefficients, generating this table and sampling it would be much quicker than generating elements on the fly.
For this reason there is an inbuilt option that if the function is given two parameters it will generate a table of log(nchoosek) which is useful if it appears in summations where nchoosek may evaluate to inf.
Cite As
David Holdaway (2026). Generate binomial table (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/34181-generate-binomial-table), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
General Information
- Version 1.2.0.0 (1.62 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.0.0 | Edit: Modified recursion relation used to [n choose k] = [(n-1) choose k-1 ] + [n-1 choose k ] for ordinary table. |
||
| 1.1.0.0 | Edited normal recursion relation to be based on the sum [n choose k] = [(n-1) choose k-1 ] + [n choose k -1 ]
|
||
| 1.0.0.0 |
