Yang Hui
Yang Hui (, ca. 1238–1298),
courtesy name Qianguang (), was a Chinese mathematician and writer during the
Song dynasty. Originally, from Qiantang (modern
Hangzhou,
Zhejiang), Yang worked on
magic squares,
magic circles and the
binomial theorem, and is best known for his contribution of presenting
Yang Hui's Triangle. This triangle was the same as
Pascal's Triangle, discovered by Yang's predecessor
Jia Xian. Yang was also a contemporary of
Qin Jiushao, another well-known Chinese mathematician.
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