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Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven
Sir Isaac Newton noticed that the values of the first five rows of Pascal's triangle are each formed by a power of 11, and claimed that subsequent rows can also be generated by a power of 11. Literally, the claim is not true for the [Formula: see text] row and onward. His genius mind might have...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9668569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11651 |
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author | Shariful Islam, Md. Robiul Islam, Md. Shorif Hossan, Md. Hasan Kibria, Md. |
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description | Sir Isaac Newton noticed that the values of the first five rows of Pascal's triangle are each formed by a power of 11, and claimed that subsequent rows can also be generated by a power of 11. Literally, the claim is not true for the [Formula: see text] row and onward. His genius mind might have suggested a deep relation between binomial coefficients and a power of some integer that resembles the number 11 in some form. In this study, we propose and prove a general formula to generate the values in any row of Pascal's triangle from the digits of [Formula: see text]. It can be shown that the numbers in the cells in [Formula: see text] row of Pascal's triangle may be achieved from [Formula: see text] partitions of the digits of the number [Formula: see text] , where Θ is a non-negative integer. That is, we may generate the number in the cells in a row of Pascal's triangle from a power of 11, 101, 1001, or 10001 and so on. We briefly discuss how to determine the number of zeros Θ in relation to n, and then empirically show that the partition really gives us binomial coefficients for several values of n. We provide a formula for Θ and prove that the [Formula: see text] row of Pascal's triangle is simply [Formula: see text] partitions of the digits of [Formula: see text] from the right. |
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spelling | pubmed-96685692022-11-17 Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven Shariful Islam, Md. Robiul Islam, Md. Shorif Hossan, Md. Hasan Kibria, Md. Heliyon Research Article Sir Isaac Newton noticed that the values of the first five rows of Pascal's triangle are each formed by a power of 11, and claimed that subsequent rows can also be generated by a power of 11. Literally, the claim is not true for the [Formula: see text] row and onward. His genius mind might have suggested a deep relation between binomial coefficients and a power of some integer that resembles the number 11 in some form. In this study, we propose and prove a general formula to generate the values in any row of Pascal's triangle from the digits of [Formula: see text]. It can be shown that the numbers in the cells in [Formula: see text] row of Pascal's triangle may be achieved from [Formula: see text] partitions of the digits of the number [Formula: see text] , where Θ is a non-negative integer. That is, we may generate the number in the cells in a row of Pascal's triangle from a power of 11, 101, 1001, or 10001 and so on. We briefly discuss how to determine the number of zeros Θ in relation to n, and then empirically show that the partition really gives us binomial coefficients for several values of n. We provide a formula for Θ and prove that the [Formula: see text] row of Pascal's triangle is simply [Formula: see text] partitions of the digits of [Formula: see text] from the right. Elsevier 2022-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9668569/ /pubmed/36406738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11651 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Shariful Islam, Md. Robiul Islam, Md. Shorif Hossan, Md. Hasan Kibria, Md. Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven |
title | Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven |
title_full | Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven |
title_fullStr | Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven |
title_full_unstemmed | Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven |
title_short | Generating binomial coefficients in a row of Pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven |
title_sort | generating binomial coefficients in a row of pascal's triangle from extensions of powers of eleven |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9668569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11651 |
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