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 Copyright (C) 2015 Ferdinando Ametrano
 Copyright (C) 2015 Paolo Mazzocchi

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/*! \file pascaltriangle.hpp
    \brief Pascal triangle coefficients calculator
*/

#ifndef quantlib_pascal_triangle_hpp
#define quantlib_pascal_triangle_hpp

#include <ql/types.hpp>
#include <vector>

namespace QuantLib {

    //! Pascal triangle coefficients calculator
    class PascalTriangle {
      public:
        //! Get and store one vector of coefficients after another.
        static const std::vector<BigNatural>& get(Size order);
      private:
        PascalTriangle() {}
        static void nextOrder();
        static std::vector<std::vector<BigNatural> > coefficients_;
    };

}

#endif
