package Maths; /** * The trinomial triangle is a variation of Pascal’s triangle. The difference * between the two is that an entry in the trinomial triangle is the sum of the * three (rather than the two in Pasacal’s triangle) entries above it * * Example Input: n = 4 * Output * 1 * 1 1 1 * 1 2 3 2 1 * 1 3 6 7 6 3 1 */ public class TrinomialTriangle { public static int TrinomialValue(int n, int k) { if (n == 0 && k == 0) { return 1; } if (k < -n || k > n) { return 0; } return TrinomialValue(n - 1, k - 1) + TrinomialValue(n - 1, k) + TrinomialValue(n - 1, k + 1); } public static void printTrinomial(int n) { for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (int j = -i; j <= 0; j++) { System.out.print(TrinomialValue(i, j) + " "); } for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++) { System.out.print(TrinomialValue(i, j) + " "); } System.out.println(); } } public static void main(String argc[]) { int n = 6; printTrinomial(n); } }