Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Einstein

He was from Germany, and had to flee to the United States when WW II started to get to safety.

Matt

Einstein

Einstein is one of the smartest people to ever walk the earth. He had a very big part to do with Math and Physics.

Matt

Friday, January 29, 2010

Pascal's Triangle

Pascal's Triangle is more than just a big triangle with numbers. There are two major areas where we use Pascal's Triangle, in Algebra and Probability. It is used in Probability to find Combinations. Such as how many ways you can pick so many things out of the total given. The triangular numbers and Fibonacci numbers can be found in Pascal's Triangle. The triangular numbers are easier to find: starting with the third one on the left side go down to your right and you get 1, 3, 6, 10, etc.


Renee

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Pascals Triangle

This is a pictur of the triangle that I was talking about. Its pretty amaizing if you ask me.

Matt

Picture of the Week Pascal's Triangle


One of the most interesting numerical patterns in this world in my opinion is Pascal's Triangle. A triangle that uses geometric arangement to tell binomial coefficeints in the shape of a triangle. This triangle was named after Blaise Pascal, but this is unfair considering that others before him had studied the same patterns.Personally I can say that this triangle has came in very handy when I was learning the long division of algebraic equations..

--Jenny

Pascals Triangle

This triangle is known as Pascals Triangle and is a very useful tool in math. It uses binomial expansion and can always be depended upon to help yourself out.

Matt

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pascal's Triangle



In Pascal's triangle Blaise Pascal used binomial expansion. The outer edge of diagonals are only 1's. The next layer of diagonals are all the natural numbers. The inside of the triangle is made from adding the other numbers. The pattern resembles Sierpinkski's triangle.
-Kristin