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Multinomial coefficients evaluation

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg68105] Multinomial coefficients evaluation
• From: "Michal Kvasnicka" <michal.kvasnicka at quick.nOsPam.cz>
• Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:55:47 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Czech Technical University
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Why is  function Multinomial so slower than its direct definition??? See
attached notebook with three equivalent ways of the simple multinomial 
series expansion.

Michal Kvasnicka

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