Etymology

Schröder number

Today it means: The number of possible lattice paths from the southwest corner (0, 0) of an n × n grid to the northeast corner (n, n), using only single steps north, northeast or east, and not rising above the southwest–northeast diagonal. Full definition →

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Named after the German mathematician Ernst Schröder.

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