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import java.io.File;
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public class Main {
/**
* Returns the natural <code>log</code> of the <a
* href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialCoefficient.html"> Binomial
* Coefficient</a>, "<code>n choose k</code>", the number of
* <code>k</code>-element subsets that can be selected from an
* <code>n</code>-element set.
*
* <Strong>Preconditions</strong>:
* <ul>
* <li> <code>0 <= k <= n </code> (otherwise
* <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown)</li>
* </ul>
*
* @param n the size of the set
* @param k the size of the subsets to be counted
* @return <code>n choose k</code>
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if preconditions are not met.
*/
public static double binomialCoefficientLog(final int n, final int k) {
if (n < k) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"must have n >= k for binomial coefficient (n,k)");
}
if (n < 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"must have n >= 0 for binomial coefficient (n,k)");
}
if ((n == k) || (k == 0)) {
return 0;
}
if ((k == 1) || (k == n - 1)) {
return Math.log((double)n);
}
double logSum = 0;
// n!/k!
for (int i = k + 1; i <= n; i++) {
logSum += Math.log((double)i);
}
// divide by (n-k)!
for (int i = 2; i <= n - k; i++) {
logSum -= Math.log((double)i);
}
return logSum;
}
}
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