binomial series


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binomial series

[bī′nō·mē·əl ′sir·ēz]
(mathematics)
The expansion of (x + y) n when n is neither a positive integer nor zero. Also known as binomial expansion.
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As [beta] [right arrow] 0, expanding the square root in Equation (6) in its binomial series, we have [V.
An option value problem from Seinfeld
The product of the annual year coefficients from the two delta-lognormal model components, which individually indicated less decline than the unstandardized indices, provided final indices of abundance that declined 64% over the time series (due to the product of two positive fractional values <1 providing a even smaller value <1)--nearly identical to the unstandardized, Poisson, and negative binomial series (Fig.
For summer flounder, Atlantic cod, scup, and all species, the delta-lognormal and delta-Poisson models provided time series of abundance indices that were more variable, with slightly different trends and annual changes, than the unstandardized, Poisson, and negative binomial series.
The statistical properties of recreational catch rate data for some fish stocks off the northeast U.S. coast

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