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What did Omar khayyam win in 1917?
the Kentucky derby
When did Blaise Pascal create Pascal's triangle?
The triangular array of binomial coefficients (triangle) was discussed by Persian Mathematician Al-Karaji (953-1029) and later invented and implemented by Persian Mathematician/Astronomer/Poet Omar Khayyam in the year 1070. In the 13th century, about 200 years after Khayyam's discovery, Yang Hui (1238-1298) of China "discovered it." Now almost 400 years after Omar Khayyam's discovery, a French Mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) again "supposedly discovers" this binomial triangular array, in the 17th century. So why is this triangle not called Khayyam's Triangle? I'm not sure either, even with significant evidence from Khayyam's Algebra Book. However there is your answer to when Mr. Pascal "created" it.
Why is pascal's triangle named Pascal's triangle?
Mainly for Eurocentric reasons. The triangle was well known more than 1800 years before Pascal. In Iran it is known as the Khayyam triangle (Omar Khayyam , 11-12 century); in China, it is known as Yang Hui's triangle after the Chinese mathematician from the 13th century.
A time line for Euclid Al-Khwarizmi Omar Khayyam Archimedes Plato Mandelbrot Pythagoras Thales Hypatia Descartes?
would be guesswork at best since the exact dates of more than half of that group are unknown. Thales 624-546 BC Pythagoras 570-495 BC Euclid 465-350 BC Plato 428-348 BC Hypatia 360-425 BC Archimedes 287-212 BC Al-Khwarizmi 780-850 AD Omar Khayyam 1048-1131 AD Rene Descartes 1596-1650 AD Benoit Mandelbrot 1924-2010 AD
What school did Samuel Morse go to?
to a school in australia.
