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In Chapter 1 we introduced the numbers ( n k ) and called them binomial coefficients. It is time to explain this strange name: it comes from a very important formula in algebra involving them, which we discuss next.
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Lovász, L., Pelikán, J., Vesztergombi, K. (2003). Binomial Coefficients and Pascal’s Triangle. In: Discrete Mathematics. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21777-0_3
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