QBinomial[n,m,q]
gives the -binomial coefficient
.


QBinomial
QBinomial[n,m,q]
gives the -binomial coefficient
.
Details

- Mathematical function, suitable for both symbolic and numerical manipulation.
.
- QBinomial automatically threads over lists.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (6)
Exact evaluation with numbers:
Plot over a subset of the reals:
Plot over a subset of the complexes:
Series expansion at the origin:
Series expansion at Infinity:
Use FunctionExpand to obtain Gaussian polynomials:
Scope (20)
Numerical Evaluation (5)
The precision of the output tracks the precision of the input:
Evaluate efficiently at high precision:
Compute the elementwise values of an array:
Or compute the matrix QBinomial function using MatrixFunction:
Specific Values (5)
QBinomial for symbolic parameters:
Find the minimum of QBinomial[3,2,q]:
QBinomial threads elementwise over lists:
TraditionalForm formatting:
Visualization (2)
Plot the QBinomial function for various parameters:
Function Properties (4)
has both singularities and discontinuities for
and for
:
is neither non-negative nor non-positive:
QBinomial is neither convex nor concave:
TraditionalForm formatting:
Differentiation (2)
Series Expansions (2)
Find the Taylor expansion using Series:
Generalizations & Extensions (1)
QBinomial can be applied to a power series:
Applications (4)
Explicit combinatorial construction of QBinomial:
-binomial is a generating function for the sequence in a grid-shading problem:
Elements in the -Pascal triangle satisfy two recurrence relations:
The number of subspaces in the -dimensional vector space over
with prime-power
:
Total number of subspaces in three-dimensional vector space over :
Properties & Relations (2)
Use FunctionExpand and FullSimplify to manipulate expressions containing QBinomial:
See Also
Related Guides
Related Links
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2008), QBinomial, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/QBinomial.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "QBinomial." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/QBinomial.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). QBinomial. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/QBinomial.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_qbinomial, author="Wolfram Research", title="{QBinomial}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/QBinomial.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_qbinomial, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={QBinomial}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/QBinomial.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}