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This work was partially supported by the SFSU-Colombia Combinatorics Initiative and the USA National Science Foundation CAREER Award DMS-0956178. I thank Luis Raga at Fiore Caffé in San Francisco for a strong cup of coffee and a great story, May-Li Khoe for helping me find the best way to tell that story, and the anonymous referee for her swift and valuable feedback.
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Ardila, F. Catalan Numbers. Math Intelligencer 38, 4–5 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-016-9625-6
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