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Background
(a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2
n n n n 1 n n 2 2 n n n
(a + b)n = a + a b+ a b + ::: + abn 1
+ b ;
0 1 2 n 1 n
where
n n(n 1)(n 2) : : : (n r + 1)
=
r r(r 1) : : : 1:
If n is a positive integer, then
n n!
=
r r! (n r)!
where n! = n(n 1) (n 2) (n 3) : : : 3 2 1 and 0! = 1:
6 6 6 6
(1 + x)6 = (1)6 + (1)6 1 (x) + (1)6 2 (x)2 + (1)6 3
(x)3
0 1 2 3
6 6 6
+ (1)6 4 (x)4 + (1)6 5 (x)5 + (1)6 6 (x)6
4 5 6
= (1) (1)6 + (6) (1)6 1
x + 15 (1)6 2
x2 + 20 (1)6 3
x3
+ (15) (1)6 4
x4 + (6) (1)6 5
x5 + (1) (1)6 6
x6
Note:
6 6! 6!
= = =1
0 0! (6 0)! 6!
1
6 6! 6! 6 6! 6! 6 6! 6!
= = = 6; = = = 15; = = = 20
1 1! (6 1)! 5! 2 2! (6 2)! 2!4! 3 3! (6 3)! 3!3!
6 6! 6! 6 6! 6! 6 6! 6!
= = = 15; = = = 6; = = =1
4 4! (6 4)! 4!2! 5 5! (6 5)! 5! 5 6! (6 6)! 6!
n n
Theorem 2 For n 2 N; = .
n r r
Proof:
n n!
=
n r (n r)! [n (n r)]!
n!
=
(n r)!r!
n!
=
r! (n r)!
n
=
r
5 5
Example 2 It is easy to see that = = 10:
2 3
Pascal’s triangle
Pascal’s triangle is a geometric arrangement of the binomial coe¢ cients in a triangle. It is named
after Blaise Pascal, although it had been described centuries earlier by Chinese mathematician
Yanghui (about 500 years earlier, in fact). It is therefore known as the Yanghui triangle in China.
Starting with n 1, the triangle is
1
1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1
1 5 10 10 5 1
1 6 15 20 15 6 1
Pascal’s triangle shows that each subsequent row is obtained by adding the two entries diagonally
above,
n n 1 n 1
= +
r r r 1
2
Trigonometric Formula
Basic Properties
1
3. tan (90 A) = tan 2
A = tan A
Important Identity
1. cos2 A + sin2 A = 1
2. 1 + tan2 A = sec2 A
3
Double angle formula
1. sin2 A
2
= 12 (1 cos A)
A
2. cos2 2
= 21 (1 + cos A)
1
4. sin A sin B = 2
[cos (A + B) cos (A B)]