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Schröder number

Schröder number noun: 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.

Noun

Schröder number (plural Schröder numbers)

  1. 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.

Forms of Schröder number

pluralSchröder numbers

Origin of Schröder number

Named after the German mathematician Ernst Schröder.

Questions about Schröder number

What does Schröder number mean?
Schröder number means 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.
What part of speech is Schröder number?
Schröder number is a noun.
What is the plural of Schröder number?
The plural of Schröder number is Schröder numbers.

Words near Schröder number in the dictionary

  1. Schrupps
  2. Schrute
  3. Schryver
  4. Schryvers
  5. schröckingerite
  6. Schröder number
  7. Schröder numbers
  8. schröderisation
  9. Schröderization
  10. schrödinbug
  11. schrödinbugs

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