The Rascal triangle is a triangular array of numbers that is a variant of Pascal’s triangle. Apart from the flanking strips of 1s, the four numbers to the North, South, East, and West of a given location are defined so that they satisfy the identity North × South = (West × East) + 1. This identity was discovered by mistake in 2010 by three middle school…
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