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A Combinatorial Interpretation of The Numbers $6(2n)! /n! (n+2)!$

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

It is well known that the numbers (2m)!(2n)!/m!n!(m+n)!(2m)! (2n)!/m! n! (m+n)! are integers, but in general there is no known combinatorial interpretation for them. When m=0m=0 these numbers are the middle binomial coefficients (2nn)\binom{2n}{n}, and when m=1m=1 they are twice the Catalan numbers. In this paper, we give combinatorial interpretations for these numbers when m=2m=2 or 3.

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@article{arxiv.math/0401300,
  title  = {A Combinatorial Interpretation of The Numbers $6(2n)! /n! (n+2)!$},
  author = {Ira M. Gessel and Guoce Xin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0401300},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages, 2 figures