binomial.hpp

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#pragma once
 
#include "../config.h"
#include "macros.hpp"
 
namespace codi {
 
  CODI_INLINE size_t constexpr binomial(size_t n, size_t k) {
    // clang-format off
    return
        k == 0 ? 1 : (
        n < k  ? 0 : ( // Outside of the domain we assume zero values.
        n == k ? 1 : (
        /* default */ binomial(n - 1, k - 1) + binomial(n - 1, k)
        )));
    // clang-format on
  }
}