An Introduction to Catalan Numbers

by Steven Roman

Book Overview

This textbook provides an introduction to the Catalan numbers and their remarkable properties, along with their various applications in combinatorics. Intended to be accessible to students new to the subject, the book begins with more elementary topics before progressing to more mathematically sophisticated topics. Each chapter focuses on a specific combinatorial object counted by these numbers, including paths, trees, tilings of a staircase, null...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331937401X
• ISBN13: 9783319374017
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"