Catalan Numbers: The Hidden Structure of Counting

Explore the Catalan numbers, the versatile counting sequence that surfaces in Dyck words (balanced parentheses), polygon triangulations, monotone lattice paths, and binary trees. We'll explain what they are, how to compute them, and share a couple of elegant proofs—such as the reflection trick—that reveal why this tiny sequence keeps appearing across math and computer science.

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