Paige Frey
Born in Clement, France Studied at home At the age of 12, started his interest on geometry During a short 3 years, abandoned mathematics and became a minister
At 16, wrote an essay on conic sections 2 years later, invented the first arithmetical machine Invented the arithmetic triangle Figured out the geometry of the cycloid Best known for his theory of Probabilities
o Pascal’s Theorem o PA*PC: PB*PD=QA*QC: QB*QD
Probability of event = Number of ways the event can occur Total number of possible outcomes o Used Pascal’s Triangle to figure out the probability questions o important for subject areas that require the quantitative analysis of large sets of data. These include areas such as mathematics, statistics, finance, insurance, science and philosophy
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