Catalan Numbers

Richard P. Stanley is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is universally recognized as a leading expert in the field of combinatorics and its applications to a variety of other mathematical disciplines. He won the AMS 2001 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his books Enumerative Combinatorics, Volumes 1 and 2, which contain material that form the basis for much of the present book.

Richard P. Stanley is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is universally recognized as a leading expert in the field of combinatorics and its applications to a variety of other mathematical disciplines. He won the AMS 2001 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his books Enumerative Combinatorics, Volumes 1 and 2, which contain material that form the basis for much of the present book.