Math Adventures/Pascal's triangle in wiki-latex
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If you are writing for a wiki the supports Wikipedia's version of LaTeX for use with the HTML markup <math></math>, copy and modify the code listed below:
Basic triangle
Basic triangle code
<math>
\begin{array}{c}
1 \\
1 \quad 1 \\
1 \quad 2 \quad 1 \\
1 \quad 3 \quad 3 \quad 1 \\
1 \quad 4 \quad 6 \quad 4 \quad 1 \\
1 \quad 5 \quad 10 \quad 10 \quad 5 \quad 1 \\
1 \quad 6 \quad 15 \quad 20 \quad 15 \quad 6 \quad 1 \\
1 \quad 7 \quad 21 \quad 35 \quad 35 \quad 21 \quad 7 \quad 1 \\
\end{array}
</math>
Combinations
Combinations code
<math>
\begin{array}{c}
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{0}{0} \\
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{1}{0} \quad\quad{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{1}{1} \\
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{2}{0} \quad\quad {\color{Red}\boldsymbol{2}}=\binom{2}{1}
\quad\quad{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{2}{2} \\
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{3}{0} \quad\quad {\color{Red}\boldsymbol{3}}=\binom{3}{1} \quad\quad
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{3}}=\binom{3}{2} \quad\quad {\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{3}{3} \\
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{4}{0} \quad\quad {\color{Red}\boldsymbol{4}}=\binom{4}{1} \quad\quad
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{6}}=\binom{4}{2} \quad\quad {\color{Red}\boldsymbol{4}}=\binom{4}{3} \quad\quad
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}=\binom{4}{4} \\
\end{array}
</math>
Binomial coefficients
Binomial coefficients code
<math>
\begin{array}{lc}
(a+b)^0= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}
\\
(a+b)^1= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b
\\
(a+b)^2= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a^2+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{2}}ab+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b^2
\\
(a+b)^3= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a^3+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{3}}a^2b+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{3}}ab^2+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b^3
\\
(a+b)^4= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a^4+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{4}}a^3b+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{6}}a^2b^2+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{4}}ab^3+ {\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b^4
\\
\end{array}
</math>
Making them act as images
The first six rows of Pascal's triangle
If you want your equations to seem like images posted from commons use this trick:
Template:Lorem ipsumTemplate:Clear
<div class="thumb tright"><div style="width:370px;"><math>
\begin{array}{lc}
(a+b)^0= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}
\\
(a+b)^1= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b
\\
(a+b)^2= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a^2+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{2}}ab+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b^2
\\
(a+b)^3= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a^3+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{3}}a^2b+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{3}}ab^2+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b^3
\\
(a+b)^4= &
{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}a^4+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{4}}a^3b+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{6}}a^2b^2+{\color{Red}\boldsymbol{4}}ab^3+ {\color{Red}\boldsymbol{1}}b^4
\\
\end{array}
</math><div class="thumbcaption">The first six rows of Pascal's triangle</div></div></div>
If you want your equations to seem like images posted from commons use this trick:
{{Lorem ipsum|1}}{{clear}}