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Pascal’s Triangle, Three Ones, and the Echo of the Trinity

Pascal’s Triangle, Three Ones, and the Echo of the Trinity

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Episode 5 traces Pascal’s Triangle from its simple rule—start with one, then each number is the sum of the two above—into a world of hidden structure: natural numbers, powers of two, triangular numbers, Fibonacci, binomial coefficients, and the Sierpiński fractal, along with its history across India, China, Persia, and Europe.

Then the episode leans into theology: the three ones at the triangle’s top echo the Christian idea of one God in three persons. The triangle doesn’t prove the Trinity, but it gestures toward a unity that contains distinction, inviting listeners to follow that echo toward the living voice of God rather than mistaking the pattern for the source.

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