Pascal's Triangle

Pascal's triangle

[pa′skalz ′trī‚aŋ·gəl]

(mathematics)

A triangular array of the binomial coefficients, bordered by ones, where the sum of two adjacent entries from a row equals the entry in the next row directly below. Also known as binomial array.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Pascal’s Triangle

 

a triangular array of numbers used to obtain binomial coefficients. It was published by B. Pascal.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.