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  2. Binomial theorem - Wikipedia

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    In elementary algebra, the binomial theorem (or binomial expansion) describes the algebraic expansion of powers of a binomial.According to the theorem, the power ⁠ (+) ⁠ expands into a polynomial with terms of the form ⁠ ⁠, where the exponents ⁠ ⁠ and ⁠ ⁠ are nonnegative integers satisfying ⁠ + = ⁠ and the coefficient ⁠ ⁠ of each term is a specific positive integer ...

  3. Method of images - Wikipedia

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    The method of images can be used in discrete cases. For example, the number of random walks that start at position 0, take steps of size ±1, continue for a total of n steps, and end at position k is given by the binomial coefficient ((+) /) assuming that | k | ≤ n and n + k is even.

  4. Pascal's triangle - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, Pascal's triangle is an infinite triangular array of the binomial coefficients which play a crucial role in probability theory, combinatorics, and algebra.In much of the Western world, it is named after the French mathematician Blaise Pascal, although other mathematicians studied it centuries before him in Persia, [1] India, [2] China, Germany, and Italy.

  5. Multipole expansion - Wikipedia

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    This expansion is known as the multipole expansion of U AB. In order to derive this multipole expansion, we write r XY = r Y − r X , which is a vector pointing from X towards Y . Note that R A B + r B j + r j i + r i A = 0 r i j = R A B − r A i + r B j . {\displaystyle \mathbf {R} _{AB}+\mathbf {r} _{Bj}+\mathbf {r} _{ji}+\mathbf {r} _{iA ...

  6. Binomial approximation - Wikipedia

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    The binomial approximation for the square root, + + /, can be applied for the following expression, + where and are real but .. The mathematical form for the binomial approximation can be recovered by factoring out the large term and recalling that a square root is the same as a power of one half.

  7. Michelson–Morley experiment - Wikipedia

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    Physics theories of the 19th century assumed that just as surface water waves must have a supporting substance, i.e., a "medium", to move across (in this case water), and audible sound requires a medium to transmit its wave motions (such as air or water), so light must also require a medium, the "luminiferous aether", to transmit its wave ...

  8. Binomial coefficient - Wikipedia

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    The binomial coefficients can be arranged to form Pascal's triangle, in which each entry is the sum of the two immediately above. Visualisation of binomial expansion up to the 4th power. In mathematics, the binomial coefficients are the positive integers that occur as coefficients in the binomial theorem.

  9. De Moivre–Laplace theorem - Wikipedia

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    However, because in this case the fraction of successes (i.e., the number of 1s divided by the number of trials, n) is equal to the sample mean, the distribution of the fractions of successes (described by the binomial distribution divided by the constant n) and the distribution of the sample means (approximately normal with large n due to the ...