Definition:Pascal's Triangle/Order of Numbers/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Order of Numbers of Pascal's Triangle
The concept of categorising the entries of Pascal's triangle into orders, corresponding to its columns, was introduced by Blaise Pascal himself, in his $1655$ treatise Traité du Triangle Arithmétique.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $35$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $35$