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Integrating across Pascal's triangle
Authors:Sam Northshield
Institution:Department of Mathematics, SUNY-Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, United States
Abstract:Sums across the rows of Pascal's triangle yield n2 while certain diagonal sums yield the Fibonacci numbers which are asymptotic to ?n where ? is the golden ratio. Sums across other diagonals yield quantities asymptotic to cn 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 Pascal's triangle. Integration over various families of lines and curves yields quantities asymptotic to cx 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:Gamma function  Binomial coefficient  Pascal's triangle
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