English Explanatory Dictionary

Schröder number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

Schröder number Schröder numbers

Etymology

Named after the German mathematician Ernst Schröder.

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