"Catalan number" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Catalan numbers [plural]
Etymology: Named after the Belgian mathematician Eugène Catalan (1814–1894). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Catalan number (plural Catalan numbers)
  1. In combinatorial mathematics, any of a sequence of natural numbers that occur in various counting problems, often involving recursively defined objects; the nᵗʰ Catalan number is equal to (2n choose n) over (n+1). Wikipedia link: Catalan number Categories (topical): Combinatorics
    Sense id: en-Catalan_number-en-noun-fTdyhSkp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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