Triangular array

Triangular array
The triangular array whose right-hand diagonal sequence consists of Bell numbers

In mathematics and computing, a triangular array of numbers, polynomials, or the like, is a doubly indexed sequence in which each row is only as long as the row's own index.

Notable particular examples include these:

Triangular arrays of integers in which each row is symmetric and begins and ends with 1 are sometimes called generalized Pascal triangles; examples include Pascal's triangle, the Narayana numbers, and the triangle of Eulerian numbers.[1]

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Practical use

Apart from the representation of triangular matrices, triangular arrays are used in several algorithms. One example is the CKY parsing algorithm for context-free grammars, an example of dynamic programming.

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