Counting lattice paths by Narayana polynomials (Q1578477)

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Counting lattice paths by Narayana polynomials
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    Counting lattice paths by Narayana polynomials (English)
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    14 September 2000
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    If \(d(n)\) counts the lattice paths from \((0,0)\) to \((n,n)\) using steps \((0,1)\), \((1,0)\), and \((1,1)\), and \(e(n)\) counts the lattice paths from \((0,0)\) to \((n,n)\) using all possible steps \((a,b)\) with \(a\), \(b\) nonnegative integers, \((a,b)\neq (0,0)\), then \(e(n)= 2^{n- 1}d(n)\). In this paper a bijective proof of this identity is given. Several other bijections are provided between sets of lattice paths.
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    Delannoy numbers
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    Narayana numbers
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    lattice paths
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