Pascal's triangle
noun
Pas·cal's triangle
pa-ˈskalz- 
pä-ˈskälz-
: a system of numbers arranged in rows resembling a triangle with each row consisting of the coefficients in the expansion of (a + b)n for n = 0, 1, 2, 3, …
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Pascal's triangle
noun
Pas·cal's triangle
pas-ˈkalz-
: a set of numbers which are arranged in rows in the shape of a triangle with the top row containing only 1, the next row 1 1, the following row 1 2 1, and in general the nth row containing the coefficients in the expansion of (a + b)ⁿ as n equals 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.
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