yáng
huī
sān
jiǎo

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Meaning of 杨辉三角

杨辉三角 means Pascal's triangle; triangular array of binomial coefficients. Pronounced yáng huī sān jiǎo.

  • Pascal's triangle; triangular array of binomial coefficients

Definitions & Examples

Yáng
huī
sān
jiǎo
shì
shù
xué
zhōng
de
zhòng
yào
gài
niàn
 

Yang Hui's triangle is an important concept in combinatorial mathematics.

Zhè
shù
biǎo
zài
西
fāng
bèi
chēng
wéi
sān
jiǎo
 
zài
zhōng
guó
jiào
zuò
yáng
huī
sān
jiǎo
 

This numerical table is called Pascal's triangle in the West and Yang Hui's triangle in China.

Gēn
 
xiáng
jiě
jiǔ
zhāng
suàn
 
zǎi
 
běi
sòng
shù
xué
jiā
jiǎ
xiàn
shǐ使
yòng
zhè
shù
biǎo
kāi
gāo
fāng
 

According to records in 'Detailed Analysis of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art', Northern Song mathematician Jia Xian had already used this numerical table to extract high-order roots.

Yáng
huī
sān
jiǎo
de
měi
háng
liǎng
duān
dōu
shì
1
 
zhōng
jiān
de
měi
shù
děng
shàng
fāng
liǎng
shù
zhī
 

In Yang Hui's triangle, both ends of each row are 1, and every number in the middle equals the sum of the two numbers above it.

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