Title of article
Integrating across Pascalʹs triangle
Author/Authors
S. Northshield، نويسنده , , Sam، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages
9
From page
385
To page
393
Abstract
Sums across the rows of Pascalʹs triangle yield 2 n while certain diagonal sums yield the Fibonacci numbers which are asymptotic to ϕ n where ϕ is the golden ratio. Sums across other diagonals yield quantities asymptotic to c n where c depends on the directions of the diagonals. We generalize this to the continuous case. Using the gamma function, we generalize the binomial coefficients to real variables and thus form a generalization of Pascalʹs triangle. Integration over various families of lines and curves yields quantities asymptotic to c x where c is determined by the family and x is a parameter. Finally, we revisit the discrete case to get results on sums along curves.
Keywords
Binomial coefficient , Pascalיs triangle , gamma function
Journal title
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Record number
1561461
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