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Tuesday, 29 May 2012

A Quick Binomial Interlude

I just thought I would quickly share with you, what I consider to be a lovely way to demonstrate what polynomials actually represent, geometrically.

For some reason, until I saw this image, I never really fully understood how it all fits together, as you approach higher powers.  I have lifted this image from Wikipedia, which you can find here.

BinomialTheorem.png

I think it's wonderful.

3 comments:

  1. Ok, where's the fourth dimensional one?

    People used to solve cubic equations by doing cubes just like you did and then splitting them up.

    That's impressive.

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  2. Didn't say that it was impressive. Just lovely, as an aid to understanding.

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  3. It is very nice. I've always been a sucker for anything pretty and/or visual. And if it helps in understanding some concept, well, all the better!

    Neil H

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