namespace CatalanNumbers { /// /// Class that holds all options. /// public class CatalanNumberGenerator { private static double Factorial(double n) { if (n == 0) return 1; return n * Factorial(n - 1); } public double FirstOption(double n) { const double topMultiplier = 2; return Factorial(topMultiplier * n) / (Factorial(n + 1) * Factorial(n)); } public double SecondOption(double n) { if (n == 0) { return 1; } double sum = 0; double i = 0; for (; i <= (n - 1); i++) { sum += SecondOption(i) * SecondOption((n - 1) - i); } return sum; } public double ThirdOption(double n) { if (n == 0) { return 1; } return ((2 * (2 * n - 1)) / (n + 1)) * ThirdOption(n - 1); } } } // Program.cs using System; using System.Configuration; // Main program // Be sure to add the following to the App.config file and add a reference to System.Configuration: // // // // // // // namespace CatalanNumbers { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { CatalanNumberGenerator generator = new CatalanNumberGenerator(); int i = 0; DateTime initial; DateTime final; TimeSpan ts; try { initial = DateTime.Now; for (; i <= Convert.ToInt32(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MaxCatalanNumber"]); i++) { Console.WriteLine("CatalanNumber({0}):{1}", i, generator.FirstOption(i)); } final = DateTime.Now; ts = final - initial; Console.WriteLine("It took {0}.{1} to execute\n", ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds); i = 0; initial = DateTime.Now; for (; i <= Convert.ToInt32(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MaxCatalanNumber"]); i++) { Console.WriteLine("CatalanNumber({0}):{1}", i, generator.SecondOption(i)); } final = DateTime.Now; ts = final - initial; Console.WriteLine("It took {0}.{1} to execute\n", ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds); i = 0; initial = DateTime.Now; for (; i <= Convert.ToInt32(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MaxCatalanNumber"]); i++) { Console.WriteLine("CatalanNumber({0}):{1}", i, generator.ThirdOption(i)); } final = DateTime.Now; ts = final - initial; Console.WriteLine("It took {0}.{1} to execute", ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds, ts.TotalMilliseconds); Console.ReadLine(); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine("Stopped at index {0}:", i); Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); Console.ReadLine(); } } } }