Mathematician:Yang Hui

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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 Chia Hsien 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

Definitions of concepts named for Yang Hui can be found here.


Publications


Also known as

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


Sources