#12256: if x=var('x') and n is an integer then n.binomial(x) should return
binomial(SR(n),x)
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    Reporter:  was        |         Owner:  burcin                        
        Type:  defect     |        Status:  closed                        
    Priority:  minor      |     Milestone:  sage-duplicate/invalid/wontfix
   Component:  symbolics  |    Resolution:  duplicate                     
    Keywords:             |   Work_issues:                                
    Upstream:  N/A        |      Reviewer:  Burcin Erocal                 
      Author:             |        Merged:                                
Dependencies:             |  
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Changes (by jdemeyer):

  * status:  positive_review => closed
  * resolution:  => duplicate


Old description:

> Somebody tried to do
> {{{
> sum(binomial(3, k), k, 0, 3)
> }}}
> and got a weird error, but
> {{{
> sum(binomial(SR(3), k), k, 0, 3)
> }}}
> works.  This is because 3.binomial isn't sophisticated enough... or maybe
> {{{binomial(-, -)}}} isn't either.

New description:

 Somebody tried to do
 {{{
 sum(binomial(3, k), k, 0, 3)
 }}}
 and got a weird error, but
 {{{
 sum(binomial(SR(3), k), k, 0, 3)
 }}}
 works.  This is because 3.binomial isn't sophisticated enough... or maybe
 {{{binomial(-, -)}}} isn't either.

 This is a duplicate of #9634.

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