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moonman239
May11-10, 12:31 PM
when you have two numbers that look almost like a fraction (except without the line in the middle), surrounded by parentheses?

LCKurtz
May11-10, 12:40 PM
when you have two numbers that look almost like a fraction (except without the line in the middle), surrounded by parentheses?

You may be describing a binomial coefficient:

\binom n k = \frac {n!}{k!(n-k)!}

phyzmatix
May11-10, 12:46 PM
Damnit! I was too slow (took me a while to remember the English)! :biggrin:

Anyway...here it is Binomial Coefficient (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_coefficient)

moonman239
May11-10, 01:07 PM
Resolved, thanks y'all.

The Chaz
May11-10, 02:56 PM
... I was too slow (took me a while to remember the English)! :biggrin:

Anyway...here it is Binomial Coefficient (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_coefficient)
http://tinyurl.com/28wrmwl

phyzmatix
May12-10, 04:23 AM
http://tinyurl.com/28wrmwl

Legend! Didn't know about this. Thanks!

The Chaz
May12-10, 07:11 AM
Legend! Didn't know about this. Thanks!

It's on my bookmarks toolbar!