Etymology

Singmaster's conjecture

Today it means: 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). Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.