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schröder number

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
schroder num-ber
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after the German mathematician Ernst Schröder.

Inflected Forms

Schröder numbers (plural)

Questions

What does schröder number mean?
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.
Where does schröder number come from?
Named after the German mathematician Ernst Schröder.

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