Yang Hui

Yang Hui

male, deceased (1298)
Qiantang, Song Dynasty, Jia Xian, Qin Jiushao, Magic squares, Hangzhou…Pascal's triangle
Yang Hui was a Chinese mathematician from Qiantang (modern Hangzhou), Zhejiang province during the late Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD). Yang Hui worked...

Pingala

male
Shalatula, Ancient Sanskrit grammarian, Pre Islamic Heritage of Pakistan, Mathematics of Poetry, Pascal's triangle, Mahabhashya
Pingala was an ancient Indian mathematician, famous for his work, the "Chandas Shastra" (', also "Chandas Sutra" '), a Sanskrit treatise on prosody...
Al-Karaji

Al-Karaji

male, deceased (1029)
binomial coefficients, Islamic mathematics, cubes, Pascal's triangle, mathematical induction, historian
Al-Karaji was an engineer and mathematician of the highest calibre. His enduring contributions to the field of mathematics and engineering are...
Pierre Raymond de Montmort

Pierre Raymond de Montmort

male, deceased (1719)
mathematician, French, derangement, probability, Royal Society, combinatorics…Pascal's triangle
Pierre Raymond de Montmort, a French mathematician, was born in Paris on 27 October 1678, and died there on 7 October 1719. His name was originally...