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We begin with a six-fold description of the Catalan numbers C n.
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(2007). The Catalan Connection. In: A Course in Enumeration. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 238. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39035-0_8
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