PASCAL'S TRIANGLE

Pascal's triangle ( An extraordinary logical structure )

Pascal's triangle is one of the most interesting structure in mathematics, named after the French mathematician, inventor, physicist Blaise Pascal ( 1623 - 1662 ).

The structure looks like a triangle with 1 at the top vertex and running down the two slanting sides. This array of numbers is known as Pascal's triangle.

Also known as Meru Prastara, Tartaglia's triangle ( after Nicolo Tartaglia ).

Many other mathematicians studied the Pascal's triangle centuries before him in China, India, Germany, Italy and Persia.


PASCAL'S TRIANGLE



Features of Pascal's triangle
  • Expansion for the higher powers of binomial are possible by using Pascal's triangle.
    Example: The row for the index 5 in binomial expansion is
    1   5   10   10   5   1
  • The sum of the numbers in each row is the power of 2.
  • The numbers in each row is the power of eleven.
    Example: The first row is 11 to the power 0,
    2nd row the number is 11
    3rd row, the number is 121
    4th row, the number is 1331 etc.

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