Certainly! You are describing Pascal's Triangle , a famous mathematical pattern discovered by Blaise Pascal. Here’s a detailed explanation:
Pascal's Triangle
Structure:
- Each row in Pascal’s Triangle starts and ends with the number 1.
- Every other number in the row is obtained by adding the two numbers directly above it from the previous row.
For example, the first few rows look like this:
1
1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1
How the numbers are formed:
- The number at position
k
in rown
(both starting from 0) is the sum of the numbers at positionsk-1
andk
in rown-1
. - If there is no number at those positions (like at the edges), it is considered 0.
Sum of terms in each row:
- Another interesting pattern is that the sum of the numbers in each row is a power of 2.
- Specifically, the sum of the numbers in the nth row is 2n2^n2n.
For example:
- Row 0: 1 → sum = 1 = 202^020
- Row 1: 1 + 1 = 2 = 212^121
- Row 2: 1 + 2 + 1 = 4 = 222^222
- Row 3: 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 8 = 232^323
Summary:
- Pascal’s Triangle is a triangular array of numbers.
- Each number is the sum of the two numbers above it.
- Rows start and end with 1.
- The sum of the numbers in the nth row is 2n2^n2n.
If you want, I can also help you generate Pascal’s Triangle programmatically or explore more patterns related to it!