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#101 2012-11-12 08:50:06
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Re: Pascal's square
Hi bobbym;
Why do we need two formulas to obtain the table?
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#102 2012-11-12 09:50:15
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Hi;
We shouldn't and that is what I am trying to avoid. The formula in post #95 is one formula but it is too difficult. I am still working on something better.
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#103 2012-11-12 16:55:25
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Hi;
Ok, but why this formula 2^(n-1)*n + 2^(n+1) is incorrect?
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#104 2012-11-12 20:02:33
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If you can prove what I said in post #99 then the proof is not far from it.
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#105 2012-11-12 20:35:55
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Hi;
If we take a diagonal of the square:
8 4 4 4 8
Then we trasform the numbers in exponents of 2
2^3 2^2 2^2 2^2 2^3
The exponent of the first term (in this case 3) is the number of the exponents of 2 between the first and the last term. So we can say that 2^n*2 for the first and the last term, then, since that the exponents of 2 between the first and the last term are the half of the first term, so (2^n/2) multiplied by the exponent of the frist term (in this case n), so (2^n/2)*n. Then we add (2^n/2)*n to 2^n*2. The result is the sum of the numbers of each diagonal. The complete formula is 2^n*2 + (2^n/2)*n that we can write it also like 2^(n+1)*n+2^(n-1). This formula is valid for all the diagonals, except for the first one.
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#106 2012-11-13 00:07:36
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Hi;
Ok, but why this formula 2^(n-1)*n + 2^(n+1) is incorrect?
No one said it was incorrect. I have been trying to come at the problem from another side that gets that formula.
This formula is valid for all the diagonals, except for the first one.
Isn't that what we are trying to prove.
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#107 2012-11-13 00:52:57
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Hi bobbym;
I wanted to ask only if my formula was correct or incorrect. Then I tried to prove a different thing. I'm still thinking about what you're trying to prove. My formula was a separate thing.
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#108 2012-11-13 01:14:43
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I think it is. Also I think the part about the compositions is correct too.
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#109 2012-11-13 02:18:08
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Hi;
I agree with you, but I've got some difficults regarding what you're try to prove. The formula is hard to find.
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#110 2012-11-13 03:11:15
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Hi Mpmath;
If we define:
this is anonimnystefy's formula with a index adjustment by me. Then the sum of every diagonal including the first one is:
this can be summed to be
Where dn is the nth diagonal. If we now take the formula for the compositions of n+1 (Paul Barry's) we can see that the (n+1)th diagonal is equal to the (n+1)th composition.
This provides a proof of your statement. anonimnystefy's formula can be proven using induction
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#111 2012-11-13 04:05:56
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Hi bobbym;
Excellent! After a lot of work we arrived to a conclusion. Good job!
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#112 2012-11-13 09:42:20
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Hi;
Math is hard work. Sort of like dragging an ox up a hill.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.