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Binomial theorem, statement that for any positive integer n, the nth power of the sum of two numbers a and b may be expressed as the sum of n + 1 terms of the form
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in the sequence of terms, the index r takes on the successive values 0, 1, 2,…, n. The coefficients, called the binomial coefficients, are defined by the formula
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in which n! (called n factorial) is the product of the first n natural numbers 1, 2, 3,…, n (and where 0! is defined as equal to 1). The coefficients may also be found in the array often called Pascal’s triangle
Representation of the array called Pascal's triangle.
by finding the rth entry of the nth row (counting begins with a zero in both directions). Each entry in the interior of Pascal’s triangle is the sum of the two entries above it. Thus, the powers of (a + b)n are 1, for n = 0; a + b, for n = 1; a2 + 2ab + b2, for n = 2; a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 + b3, for n = 3; a4 + 4a3b + 6a2b2 + 4ab3 + b4, for n = 4, and so on.
The theorem is useful in algebra as well as for determining permutations and combinations and probabilities. For positive integer exponents, n, the theorem was known to Islamic and Chinese mathematicians of the late medieval period. Al-Karajī calculated Pascal’s triangle about 1000 CE, and Jia Xian in the mid-11th century calculated Pascal’s triangle up to n = 6. Isaac Newton discovered about 1665 and later stated, in 1676, without proof, the general form of the theorem (for any real number n), and a proof by John Colson was published in 1736. The theorem can be generalized to include complex exponents for n, and this was first proved by Niels Henrik Abel in the early 19th century.
Chinese mathematician Jia Xian devised a triangular representation for the coefficients in an expansion of binomial expressions in the 11th century. His triangle was further studied and popularized by Chinese mathematician Yang Hui in the 13th century, for which reason in China it is often called the Yanghui triangle. It was included as an illustration in Zhu Shijie's Siyuan yujian (1303; “Precious Mirror of Four Elements”), where it was already called the “Old Method.” The remarkable pattern of coefficients was also studied in the 11th century by Persian poet and astronomer Omar Khayyam. It was reinvented in 1665 by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in the West, where it is known as Pascal's triangle.
Chinese mathematician Jia Xian devised a triangular representation for the coefficients in an expansion of binomial expressions in the 11th century. His triangle was further studied and popularized by Chinese mathematician Yang Hui in the 13th century, for which reason in China it is often called the Yanghui triangle. It was included as an illustration in Zhu Shijie's Siyuan yujian (1303; “Precious Mirror of Four Elements”), where it was already called the “Old Method.” The remarkable pattern of coefficients was also studied in the 11th century by Persian poet and astronomer Omar Khayyam. It was reinvented in 1665 by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in the West, where it is known as Pascal's triangle.
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the binomial theorem (or binomial expansion) describes the algebraic expansion of powers of a binomial. According to the theorem, it is possible to expand the polynomial (x + y)n into a sum involving terms of the form ax by c, where the exponents b and c are nonnegative integers with b + c = n, and the coefficient a of each term is a specific positive integer depending on n and b.
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