ISO module for binomial coefficients, etc.

[casevh]

On Jan 23, 2:55 pm, kj <no.em... at please.post> wrote:
> Before I go off to re-invent a thoroughly invented wheel, I thought
> I'd ask around for some existing module for computing binomial
> coefficient, hypergeometric coefficients, and other factorial-based
> combinatorial indices.  I'm looking for something that can handle
> fairly large factorials (on the order of 10000!), using floating-point
> approximations as needed, and is smart about optimizations,
> memoizations, etc.
>
> TIA!
>
> ~K

If you need exact values, gmpy (http://code.google.com/p/gmpy/) has
basic, but fast, support for calculating binomial coefficients and
factorials. If you are floating point approximations, check out mpmath
(http://code.google.com/p/mpmath/).

casevh