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Multinomial




Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Gamma, Beta, Erf > Multinomial[n1,n2,...,nm] > Identities > Recurrence identities > Distant neighbors





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Input Form





Multinomial[Subscript[n, 1], Subscript[n, 2], \[Ellipsis], Subscript[n, m]] == (Pochhammer[Sum[Subscript[n, j], {j, 1, m}] - p + 1, p]/ Pochhammer[Subscript[n, l] - p + 1, p]) Multinomial[Subscript[n, 1], Subscript[n, 2], \[Ellipsis], Subscript[n, l - 1], Subscript[n, l] - p, Subscript[n, l + 1], \[Ellipsis], Subscript[n, m]]








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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