History of Catalan numbers

2014/08/25 by Pak, Igor · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1408.5711

Abstract

We give a brief history of Catalan numbers, from their first discovery in the 18th century to modern times. This note will appear as an appendix in Richard Stanley's forthcoming book on Catalan numbers.

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