What is Pascal's triangle?

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Apr 17, 2015

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One of the most interesting Number Patterns is Pascal's Triangle. It is named after Blaise Pascal.

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To build the triangle, always start with "1" at the top, then continue placing numbers below it in a triangular pattern.

Each number is the two numbers above it added together (except for the edges, which are all "1").

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Interesting part is this:

The first diagonal is just "1"s, and the next diagonal has the counting numbers. The third diagonal has the triangular numbers. The fourth diagonal has the tetrahedral numbers.

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