Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment:

@David Ratcliffe

> the sum of the first n positive integers is binomial(n+1, 2), and the formula 
> should still work if n is zero.

I agree that's a convincing use-case.

Can you think of any practical uses for allowing negative `k`? I can't.

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