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delannoy number

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-lan-noy num-ber
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after French army officer and amateur mathematician Henri Delannoy.

Inflected Forms

Delannoy numbers (plural)

Questions

What does delannoy number mean?
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.
Where does delannoy number come from?
Named after French army officer and amateur mathematician Henri Delannoy.

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