Fibonacci and Catalan Numbers: An IntroductionJohn Wiley & Sons, 21 Şub 2012 - 380 sayfa Discover the properties and real-world applications of the Fibonacci and the Catalan numbers With clear explanations and easy-to-follow examples, Fibonacci and Catalan Numbers: An Introduction offers a fascinating overview of these topics that is accessible to a broad range of readers. Beginning with a historical development of each topic, the book guides readers through the essential properties of the Fibonacci numbers, offering many introductory-level examples. The author explains the relationship of the Fibonacci numbers to compositions and palindromes, tilings, graph theory, and the Lucas numbers. The book proceeds to explore the Catalan numbers, with the author drawing from their history to provide a solid foundation of the underlying properties. The relationship of the Catalan numbers to various concepts is then presented in examples dealing with partial orders, total orders, topological sorting, graph theory, rooted-ordered binary trees, pattern avoidance, and the Narayana numbers. The book features various aids and insights that allow readers to develop a complete understanding of the presented topics, including:
Fibonacci and Catalan Numbers is an excellent book for courses on discrete mathematics, combinatorics, and number theory, especially at the undergraduate level. Undergraduates will find the book to be an excellent source for independent study, as well as a source of topics for research. Further, a great deal of the material can also be used for enrichment in high school courses. |
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A Formula for the Catalan Numbers | 150 |
Some Further Initial Examples | 159 |
Dyck Paths Peaks and Valleys | 169 |
Young Tableaux Compositions and Vertices and Arcs | 183 |
Triangulating the Interior of a Convex Polygon | 192 |
Some Examples from Graph Theory | 195 |
Partial Orders Total Orders and Topological Sorting | 205 |
Sequences and a Generating Tree | 211 |
Optics Botany and the Fibonacci Numbers | 46 |
The Binet Form for Fn | 51 |
Applications in Trigonometry Physics Continued Fractions Probability the Associative Law and Computer Science | 65 |
AnIntroductiontotheLucasNumbers | 79 |
Further Properties and Examples | 100 |
Matrices The Inverse Tangent Function and an Infinite Sum | 113 |
The gcd Property for the Fibonacci Numbers | 122 |
Alternate Fibonacci Numbers | 126 |
One Final Example? | 140 |
PART TWO THE CATALAN NUMBERS | 145 |
Historical Background | 147 |
Maximal Cliques a Computer Science Example and the Tennis Ball Problem | 219 |
The Catalan Numbers at Sporting Events | 226 |
A Recurrence Relation for the Catalan Numbers | 231 |
Triangulating the Interior of a Convex Polygon for the Second Time | 236 |
Rooted Ordered Binary Trees Pattern Avoidance and Data Structures | 238 |
Staircases Arrangements of Coins The Handshaking Problem and Noncrossing Partitions | 250 |
The Narayana Numbers | 268 |
The Motzkin Numbers The Fine Numbers and The Schroder Numbers | 282 |
Generalized Catalan Numbers | 290 |
Index | 355 |