Chu-Vandermonde Identity/Historical Note

Historical Note on Chu-Vandermonde Identity

The Chu-Vandermonde Identity first appeared in Chu Shih-chieh's The Precious Mirror of the Four Elements in $1303$.

It was rediscovered by Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde and published in $1772$.


Sources

  • 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.2.6$: Binomial Coefficients: $\text {I}$
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