The Pentagonal Numbers Meet the Choose-4 Numbers
James Morrow

Proceedings of Bridges 2016: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 529–532
Short Papers

Abstract

The artistic endeavor of visually representing 70 as both a pentagonal number and a combinatorial number raised some questions, conjectures, and then proofs, concerning the relationship between pentagonal numbers and Choose-4 numbers in Pascal's triangle. The proofs, initially failing to give understanding, inspired, through visualization, a deeper mathematical understanding and an interesting and satisfying solution to the initial artistic endeavor.

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