Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle: The Story of a Mathematical Idea

by A.W.F. Edwards

Book Overview

"An impressive culmination of meticulous research into original sources, this definitive study constitutes the first full-length history of the Arithmetic Triangle." -- Mathematics of Computation

Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle was named for the seventeenth-century French philosopher/mathematician Blaise Pascal, though he did not invent it. A never-ending equilateral triangle of numbers that follow the rule of adding the two numbers above...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486832791
• ISBN13: 9780486832791
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"