stat/combin: avoid overflow in Binomial
Fixes
MODIFY
combin/combin.go
combin/combin.go
@@ -35,15 +35,11 @@ func Binomial(n, k int) int {
if k > n/2 {
k = n - k
}
- kfact := 1
- for i := 2; i <= k; i++ {
- kfact *= i
+ b := 1
+ for i := 1; i <= k; i++ {
+ b = (n - k + i) * b / i
}
- num := 1
- for i := n; i > n-k; i-- {
- num *= i
- }
- return num / kfact
+ return b
}
// GeneralizedBinomial returns the generalized binomial coefficient of (n, k),

stat/combin: avoid overflow in Binomial

Fixes #174