Mathematician:Yang Hui

Mathematician
Chinese mathematician who is best known for an early treatment of Pascal's Triangle (also known as Yang Hui's Triangle), although acknowledging that it was given an earlier treatment by in a work which is now lost.

Nationality
Chinese

History

 * Born: c. 1238, Qiantang (now Hangzhou), Chekiang province, China
 * Died: c. 1298, China

Theorems and Definitions

 * Yang Hui's Triangle, also known as Pascal's Triangle

Publications

 * 1261: ("Arithmetic in Nine Sections") (in which Yang Hui's Triangle appears)
 * c. 1275:
 * c. 1275: Suanfa Tongbian Benmo (算法通变本末)

Also known as

 * Simplified Chinese: 杨辉
 * Traditional Chinese: 楊輝
 * Pinyin: Yáng Huī
 * Courtesy name Qianguang (谦光)