Singmaster's conjecture

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after the British mathematician David Singmaster, who proposed it in 1971.

Proper noun[edit]

Singmaster's conjecture

  1. (mathematics) A conjecture in combinatorial number theory, stating that there is a finite upper bound on the multiplicities of entries in Pascal's triangle (other than the number 1, which appears infinitely many times).