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Pascal-like triangles and Fibonacci-like sequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

H. Matsui ,
D. Minematsu ,
T. Yamauchi  and
R. Miy Adera
H. Matsui
Affiliation:
Kwansei Galruin High School, Nishinomiya City, Japan, e-mail:[email protected]
D. Minematsu
Affiliation:
Kwansei Galruin High School, Nishinomiya City, Japan, e-mail:[email protected]
T. Yamauchi
Affiliation:
Kwansei Galruin High School, Nishinomiya City, Japan, e-mail:[email protected]
R. Miy Adera
Affiliation:
Kwansei Galruin High School, Nishinomiya City, Japan, e-mail:[email protected]
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In [1] and [2] we demonstrated how Pascal-like triangles arose from the probabilities associated with the various outcomes of a particular game (see Definition 1 below). It was also shown that they could be considered as generalisations of Pascal's triangle. In this article we show how Fibonacci-like sequences arise from our Pascal-like triangles, and demonstrate the existence of simple relationships between these Fibonacci-like sequences and the Fibonacci sequence itself. In addition we will investigate a generalisation of the binomial coefficients that appears when considering an extended version of the game. We start by describing this game.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 94 , Issue 529 , March 2010 , pp. 27 - 41
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2010

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