Re: st: RE: large numbers in comb(n,k) function: no success

[Inna Becher <inna.becher@uni-konstanz.de>]

sorry,  you are right, I used exp(lnfactorial(x))... I have to calculate 
probabilities for observations to be sampled. That's why I use exp with 
lnfactorial...

Maarten buis schrieb:
> Oops
>
> di lnfactorial(180000) - (lnfactorial(2000)) + lnfactorial(180000-2000)
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> should be
>
> di lnfactorial(180000) - (lnfactorial(2000) + lnfactorial(180000-2000))
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> -- Maarten
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