Singmaster's conjecture

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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).
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