Pi in Pascal's Triangle (2014)

by senfiajon 6/6/2025, 12:38 PMwith 14 comments

by JohnKemenyon 6/9/2025, 10:12 PM

π - 2 = 1/1 + 1/3 - 1/6 - 1/10 + 1/15 + 1/21 - 1/28 •••

That's beautiful. I wonder why the -2 is there, though. To fix it, we would need

π = -x + 1/1 + 1/3 - 1/6 - 1/10 + 1/15 + 1/21 - 1/28 •••

where x = 2, and so it would be

π = -1/½ + 1/1 + 1/3 - 1/6 - 1/10 + 1/15 + 1/21 - 1/28 •••

which makes the -1st triangle number ½, I guess.

by raldion 6/10/2025, 5:05 AM

Even after reading this, I don't understand what pi has to do with 4, 20, 56, 120, 220, 364

by nimonianon 6/9/2025, 11:59 PM

There's a typo in the final line of math. I think 1/7C2 should be positive rather than negative.

by zkmonon 6/9/2025, 9:29 PM

I wonder if the triangle hides any secrets related to prime numbers as well.