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Blaise Pascal

The life of Blaise Pascal - the 39 Year Sprint.


Famous Equations

1. Pascal's Identity

The recurrence relation defining Pascal's Triangle.

$$ \binom{n}{k} = \binom{n-1}{k-1} + \binom{n-1}{k} $$

2. Principle of Hydrostatics

Pascal's law regarding pressure in a fluid.

$$ \Delta P = \rho g \Delta h $$

Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pascal/

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