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Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Bounds

Inequalities for binomial coefficients #

This file proves exponential bounds on binomial coefficients. We might want to add here the bounds n^r/r^r ≤ n.choose r ≤ e^r n^r/r^r in the future.

Main declarations #

theorem Nat.choose_le_pow {α : Type u_1} [LinearOrderedSemifield α] (r : ℕ) (n : ℕ) :
↑(n.choose r) ≤ ↑n ^ r / ↑r.factorial
theorem Nat.pow_le_choose {α : Type u_1} [LinearOrderedSemifield α] (r : ℕ) (n : ℕ) :
↑(n + 1 - r) ^ r / ↑r.factorial ≤ ↑(n.choose r)