Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Earlier than Pascal's Triangle

From http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/fibo/fibo0.html

The so called 'Pascal' triangle was known in China as early as 1261. In '1261 the triangle appears to a depth of six in Yang Hui and to a depth of eight in Zhu Shijiei in 1303. Yang Hui attributes the triangle to Jia Xian, who lived in the eleventh century.



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