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jay_shark 11-29-2007 08:49 PM

Re: Maths problem
 
One important detail I left out .

We move in the direction up-right or down-right .

TWCReborn 11-30-2007 11:27 PM

Re: Maths problem
 
To the original poster: Was this a homework problem in a combinatorics class? Just curious.

thylacine 12-01-2007 12:57 AM

Re: Maths problem
 
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To the original poster: Was this a homework problem in a combinatorics class? Just curious.

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I made it up, but I'm sure this exact problem has been `made up' many times before. As above posters noted, it's closely related to generating function stuff for Catalan numbers.

thylacine 12-01-2007 01:22 AM

Re: Maths problem
 
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you may find the discussion here interesting

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/F...00&t=40150

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link didn't work

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Nevermind, I tried it again and it worked this time (my crappy connection). Obviously this is an old maths problem as I suspected.

Hey blah_blah, I don't suppose that you are blahblahblah on that site you link?

blah_blah 12-01-2007 02:47 AM

Re: Maths problem
 
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Hey blah_blah, I don't suppose that you are blahblahblah on that site you link?

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one and the same


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