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[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The Spanish notation makes the parentheses around n-k obsolete, clearly saving one symbol in some formulas is worth introducing a new one in others.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 14 hours ago

Why not both?
n! / k! ¡n-k!