Delannoy number

English

Etymology

Named after French army officer and amateur mathematician Henri Delannoy.

Noun

Delannoy number (plural Delannoy numbers)

  1. (mathematics) The number of possible paths from the southwest corner (0, 0) of a rectangular grid to the northeast corner (m, n), using only single steps north, northeast, or east.
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