x/y, (x+1)/y, (x+2)/y, ..., (x+z)/y
one could say in this sequence of fractions the numerators goes through z-1 consecutive numbers.
Consider the sequence
(x choose y), (x+1 choose y), (x+2 choose y),...,(x+z choose y)
one could say in this sequence of binomial coefficients the top-part goes through z-1 consecutive numbers.
Is there a better way to say this? That is, is there a term for the top-part of a binomial coefficient? Or for that matter the bottom part? I have not been able to find one on the web. Hence I propose a contest:
- Leave as a comment a proposed name for the top-part and for the bottom-part of a binomial coefficient.
- If you find a website that has some official name, leave that as a comment.
Considering it's a binomial coefficient, perhaps the top part should be called the degree (it represents the coefficients of a homogeneous polynomial of a fixed degree, after all). For the bottom, how about index? As in, the index of the term that the binomial coefficient is for in the corresponding lex order on the terms.
ReplyDeleteLets call upper part bino and lower part mial. Just like bra - ket
ReplyDeleteIsn't it called numerator and denominator?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerator
ReplyDeleteIn your initial sequence I would say that the numerators go through (z+1) consecutive integers actually.
ReplyDeleteFor the binomial coefficients I would probably stick with the (mostly standard) "outcomes" and "possibilities" ( http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialCoefficient.html ) since most people encounter them first during Combinatorics.
For the top: "binomerator".
ReplyDeleteFor the bottom... I've got nothing.
How about this*.
ReplyDeletechoosand / choosee / chooser / ...
ReplyDeleteNow just decide which is which :)
I like just using numerator and denominator
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Anonymous here --- we can make up all sorts of cute names, but if we had a serious paper where we actually wanted the reader to understand what was going on, we had best them call the "numerator" and "denominator" of the binomial coefficient.
ReplyDeleteSet size and subset size.
ReplyDelete