Schröder number

noun

Schröder number

noun

Etymology Named after the German mathematician Ernst Schröder.

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Mathematics, Sciences 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.

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