binomial formula
The binomial formula gives the power series
expansion of the power function. The power can be an integer,rational, real, or even a complex number
. The formula
is
where denotes the fallingfactorial, and where denotes the generalized binomialcoefficient.
For the power series reduces to a polynomial, and weobtain the usual binomial theorem
. For other values of , theradius of convergence
of the series is ; the right-hand seriesconverges
pointwise
for all complex to the value on the leftside. Also note that the binomial formula is valid at , butfor certain values of only. Of course, we have convergence if is a natural number
. Furthermore, for and real , we haveabsolute convergence
if , and conditional convergence if. For we have absolute convergence for .